Porsgrunn

Porsgrunn kommune
Porsgrunn kommune
Municipality
	Parts of Porsgrunn
	Coat of arms
	Porsgrunn within
	Coordinates: 59°6′56″N 9°42′36″E / 59.11556°N 9.71000°E
Country	Norway
District	Grenland
Administrative centre	Porsgrunn
Area
• Total	165 km2 (64 sq mi)
• Land	161 km2 (62 sq mi)
• Rank	352 in Norway
Population (2010)
• Total	35,117
• Rank	22 in Norway
• Density	213/km2 (550/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	6.4%
Demonym	Porsgrunnsfolk/-mann/-kvinne
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-3806
Official language form	Bokmål
Website	www.porsgrunn.kommune.no
	Data from Statistics Norway

Porsgrunn is a city and a municipality in Telemark County in South-Eastern Norway. The city is divided into two parts by the river Skienselva. There is also a big industrial island called Herøya^[3] which is the back bone for the city.

History

['Porsgrunn porcelain factory' or] "Porsgrund porselænsfabrik" was established in 1885.^[3] The factory has been turned into a small shopping center with a gym and thousands of squarefeet of office spaces.

Area: 161 km²^[3]

Population: 36224^[3]

Related pages

List of mayors in Norway that are elected until 2027

References

↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
↑ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Nilsen, Jan Erik; Skårdal, Halvard; Lundbo, Sten (2020-02-05). "Porsgrunn". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål).

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[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.

[2] "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.

[Nilsen-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Nilsen, Jan Erik; Skårdal, Halvard; Lundbo, Sten (2020-02-05). "Porsgrunn". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål).

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