Tønsberg
municipality in Vestfold, Norway
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Summary
Tønsberg is a municipality of Norway[1]. Tønsberg draws 1,329 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #38 of 360).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vestfold[3]
- Country: Norway[4]
- Head of government: Anne Rygh Pedersen[5]
- Capital: Tønsberg[6]
- Shares border with: Horten Municipality[7], Færder Municipality[8], Sandefjord[9], Holmestrand[10], Larvik[11]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Speyer[13], Évora[14], Ísafjörður[15], Linköping Municipality[16]
- Postal code: 3101–3127[17]
- Commons category: Tønsberg[18]
- Inception: 871[19]
- Highest point: Snippane[20]
- Significant event: boundary change[21]
- Official website: https://www.tonsberg.kommune.no/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tønsberg[23]
- Population: 42,276[24], 56,293[25], 38,610[26], 42,652[27], 48,077[28], 57,026[29], 57,794[30], 58,561[31], 59,174[32], 59,830[33], 60,246[34]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Tønsberg[35]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[36]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tønsberg[37]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tønsberg[38]
- Demonym: tønsbergenser[39], tønsbergensar[40]
- Native label: Tønsberg[41]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Tønsberg[42]
- Owner of: Tønsberg Gressbane[43]
- Area: 107 km²[44], 110.02754805349429 km²[45], 163.78720402070343 km²[46], 53.759655967209156 km²[47], 6.822211360373012 km²[48], 0 km²[49], 0.5835247013158388 km²[50], 0.3659197431917216 km²[51]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Tønsberg include Tønsberg Airport[52], an airport[53], in Norway[54].
Why It Matters
Tønsberg has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Tønsberg is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for Tønsberg include Tønsberg Airport[52], an airport[53], in Norway[54].