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Selje

former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
AdministrativeArea former_municipality_of_norway Q484313

Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of
former municipality of Norway
Official website
www.selje.kommune.no[12]
Native label
Selje[23]

Location

Country
Norway[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 62.137°, 5.223°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Sogn og Fjordane[1]
Shares border with
Vanylven, Vågsøy Municipality, Sande Municipality[6][7][8]

Population and size

Area
0.17 (0–1.0k, n=14)[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
Population
+2774[13]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 2,774 GeoNames 2,874 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +12
Capital
Selje[5]
Coat of arms
coat of arms of Selje[9]
Demonym
seljeværing, seljeværing[22]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
December 31, 2019[10]
Has list
Grunnkretser i Selje kommune[37]
Head of government
Ottar Nygård, Stein Robert Osdal[3][4]
Language used
Nynorsk[38]
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Stad Municipality[39]
Number of households
54 (12–1.1k, n=6)[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Office held by head of government
mayor of Selje[14]
Replaced by
Stad Municipality[15]
Significant event
boundary change, boundary change[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Selje ja セルジェ pt Selje i Nordfjord ru Селье zh 塞尔耶 zh-hant 塞爾耶
🔖 Identifiers · 18
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Barmen.JPG ↗
Alvin ID
alvin-place:2228
Freebase ID
/m/0189h9
GNS Unique Feature ID
-277680
GeoNames ID
3139908
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
selje
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0474544
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Selje, Selje_-_tidligere_kommune
INaturalist place ID
40340
KulturNav-ID
a123bf39-e3d2-4385-b0b7-d3940211d96c
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Selje_kommune
MusicBrainz area ID
f320cb80-1fb3-4781-8447-bbb7dc738e26
Show all 18 identifiers +6
Norwegian municipality number
1441
OpenStreetMap relation ID
409087
SSR place name number
146483
Topic's main category
Category:Selje
Who's on First ID
1159296915
Yale LUX ID
place/de94f545-1de0-4fa4-871a-2be678517bd6

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 18
Stad, Degnepoll, Stad Ship Tunnel, Selja, Selje, Barmøya, Leikanger, Ervik Church +10 more
Shares border with 3
Vanylven, Vågsøy Municipality, Sande Municipality
← Shares border with 3
Vanylven, Vågsøy Municipality, Sande Municipality
People born here 2
Bernt Tunold, Claus Frimann
Capital 1
Selje
Country 1
Norway
Language used 1
Nynorsk
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Sogn og Fjordane
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity 1
Stad Municipality
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
People who died here 1
Sunniva
Replaced by 1
Stad Municipality
← Capital of 1
Selje
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Sogn og Fjordane
← FactGrid item ID 1
Heinrich Boie
← Headquarters location 1
Selje Abbey
← Replaces 1
Stad Municipality
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Befolkning, 1. januar 2016. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  36. [36] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.selje.kommune.no/
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Selje
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +2019-12-31T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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