Aurland Municipality
municipality in Vestland, Norway
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Summary
Aurland Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 376 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #37 of 360).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vestland[3]
- Country: Norway[4]
- Head of government: Trygve Skjerdal[5]
- Capital: Aurlandsvangen[6]
- Shares border with: Vik Municipality[7], Lærdal Municipality[8], Hol Municipality[9], Ulvik Municipality[10], Voss Municipality[11]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[12]
- Commons category: Aurland[13]
- Official website: https://aurland.kommune.no/[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Aurland[15]
- Population: 1764[16], 1781[17], 1777[18], 1766[19], 1775[20], 1800[21], 1836[22], 1866[23]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Aurland[24]
- Number of households: 781[25], 638[26], 52[27], 44[28], 6[29], 41[30]
- Demonym: aurlending[31]
- Area: 1467.61 km²[32], 1467.6964356162564 km²[33], 1516.5160445536092 km²[34], 48.81960893735286 km²[35], 1135.7693143654133 km²[36], 11.459130347435613 km²[37], 88.34749137521372 km²[38], 3.077020061587701 km²[39], 8.336970688710021 km²[40], 213.79185236047917 km²[41], 6.149253199870424 km²[42], 0.4597220991983205 km²[43], 0.02079270571610055 km²[44], 0.284888412632305 km²[45]
- Has list: Grunnkretser i Aurland kommune[46]
- Language used: Nynorsk[47]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[48]
Why It Matters
Aurland Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]