Porsgrunn
municipality in Telemark county, Norway
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Summary
Porsgrunn is a municipality of Norway[1]. Porsgrunn ranks in the top 6% of municipality of norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (283 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: International Cities of Refuge Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Telemark[4]
- Country: Norway[5]
- Head of government: Robin Martin Kåss[6]
- Capital: Porsgrunn[7]
- Shares border with: Skien[8], Siljan Municipality[9], Larvik[10], Bamble[11]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[12]
- Named after: Myrica gale[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Pori[14], Sigtuna Municipality[15]
- Commons category: Porsgrunn[16]
- Inception: January 1, 1838[17]
- Significant event: boundary change[18]
- Official website: https://www.porsgrunn.kommune.no/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Porsgrunn[20]
- Population: 35,955[21], 36,397[22], 36,526[23], 36,624[24], 37,056[25], 37,193[26], 37,289[27], 37,435[28]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Porsgrunn[29]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Porsgrunn[30]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Porsgrunn[31]
- Number of households: 16,911[32], 9054[33], 1255[34], 2628[35], 2922[36], 1052[37]
- Demonym: porsgrunning[38], porsgrunnsfolk[39], porsgrunnmann[40], porsgrunnskvinne[41], porsgrunnsgutt[42], porsgrunnsjente[43]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Porsgrunn[44]
- Owner of: Amphitrite, the wave and the sea birds[45]
- Area: 163.85 km²[46], 164.4452705817068 km²[47], 199.03861677356554 km²[48], 34.593346191858735 km²[49], 14.301723298573952 km²[50], 0 km²[51], 3.0891817291509094 km²[52], 0.5848604486298773 km²[53], 1.108123866978243 km²[54], 121.15780123303955 km²[55]
Why It Matters
Porsgrunn has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Porsgrunn is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]