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Voss Municipality

municipality in Vestland, Norway
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Summary

Voss Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of municipality of norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (858 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vestland[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Head of government: Hans-Erik Ringkjøb[5]
  • Capital: Vossevangen[6]
  • Shares border with: Vik Municipality[7], Aurland Municipality[8], Ulvik Municipality[9], Kvam Municipality[10], Vaksdal Municipality[11], Ullensvang Municipality[12]
  • Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[13]
  • Commons category: Voss[14]
  • Highest point: Olsskavlen[15]
  • Significant event: boundary change[16], Q133864606[17]
  • Official website: https://voss.herad.no[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Voss[19]
  • Population: 14,425[20], 15,740[21], 15,787[22], 15,875[23], 16,144[24], 16,471[25], 16,436[26], 16,438[27]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Voss[28]
  • Category for people born here: Q8049776[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Q20079575[30]
  • Number of households: 6260[31], 4251[32], 700[33], 282[34], 833[35], 194[36]
  • Demonym: vossing[37], vesser[38]
  • Native label: Voss[39]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Voss[40]
  • Different from: Kingdom of Voss[41], Voss[42]
  • Area: 1805.81 km²[43], 1805.8111713208357 km²[44], 1808.5401799557985 km²[45], 2.7290086349628067 km²[46], 1002.3182789648722 km²[47], 3.158830958783009 km²[48], 71.18732142410286 km²[49], 5.464736289362733 km²[50], 47.9381891661843 km²[51], 623.9945199391096 km²[52], 45.98572130136176 km²[53], 3.294467087510849 km²[54], 0.49347344303706764 km²[55], 1.9756327465111727 km²[56]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Voss Municipality include Voss Airport[57], an airport[58], in Norway[59].

Why It Matters

Voss Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

Entities named for it include Voss Airport[57], an airport[58], in Norway[59].

Related Entities

Govdirectory Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  29. [31] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6h ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Norway
    Different from → Kingdom of Voss, Voss
    Capital → Vossevangen
    Language used → Nynorsk
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