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Hol Municipality

municipality in Buskerud, Norway
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Summary

Hol Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 240 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #60 of 360).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Buskerud[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Head of government: Petter Rukke[5]
  • Capital: Hol[6]
  • Shares border with: Nore og Uvdal Municipality[7], Ål[8], Eidfjord Municipality[9], Aurland Municipality[10], Ulvik Municipality[11], Lærdal Municipality[12]
  • Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[13]
  • Headquarters location: Hol Municipality[14]
  • Twinned administrative body: Säffle Municipality[15]
  • Commons category: Hol[16]
  • Industry: general public administration activities[17]
  • Inception: January 1, 1877[18]
  • Highest point: Folarskardnuten[19]
  • Significant event: boundary change[20]
  • Separated from: Ål[21]
  • Official website: https://www.hol.kommune.no[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hol, Norway[23]
  • Email address: mailto:postmottak@hol.kommune.no[24]
  • Population: 4497[25], 4441[26], 4434[27], 4504[28], 4506[29], 4496[30], 4527[31], 4552[32]
  • Employees: 984[33]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Hol[34]
  • Legal form: kommune[35]
  • Number of households: 2120[36], 1731[37], 134[38], 102[39], 31[40], 122[41]
  • Demonym: holing[42]
  • Area: 1858 km²[43], 1854.6280855075063 km²[44], 0 km²[45], 1153.3339718471957 km²[46], 8.528916155852423 km²[47], 196.16624561158653 km²[48], 5.0472135601227 km²[49], 90.69709822545909 km²[50], 385.49832589743386 km²[51], 11.256713850892217 km²[52], 1.5610701889165763 km²[53], 0.1133607687489823 km²[54], 2.4251694012980747 km²[55], 1854.54 km²[56]

Why It Matters

Hol Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Hermann Lotze Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . virksomhet.brreg.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . virksomhet.brreg.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . virksomhet.brreg.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  53. [55] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . Area statistics for Norway 2020. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bat_smg', 'bpy', 'ca', 'ceb', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fi',
    Sitelink count → 39
    Bibsys id → 90785467
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  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry → general public administration activities
    Located in time zone → —
    Headquarters location → Hol Municipality
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  3. 19w ago · Johand199 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → {'amount': '+2120'}, {'amount': '+1731'}, {'amount': '+134'} +3
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 60.615, 'lon': 8.302222}
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Govdirectory
    Office held by head of government → Mayor of Hol
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Employees: 984, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259350|batch #259350]]"
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