Ballangen Municipality

Summary

Ballangen Municipality is a former municipality of Norway^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ballangen Municipality is located in Nordland^[3].
• Ballangen Municipality is in the country of Norway^[4].
• Ballangen Municipality's head of government is recorded as Anne-Rita Nicklasson^[5].
• Ballangen Municipality's head of government is recorded as Per Kristian Arntzen^[6].
• Ballangen Municipality's image is recorded as Efjord1.jpg^[7].
• Ballangen Municipality's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway^[8].
• Ballangen Municipality's capital is recorded as Ballangen^[9].
• Ballangen Municipality's flag image is recorded as Flag of Ballangen.svg^[10].
• Ballangen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Narvik Municipality^[11].
• Ballangen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Tysfjord^[12].
• Ballangen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Tjeldsund^[13].
• Ballangen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Evenes Municipality^[14].
• Ballangen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Gällivare Municipality^[15].
• Ballangen Municipality's coat of arms image is recorded as Ballangen komm.svg^[16].
• Ballangen Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tosno^[17].
• Ballangen Municipality's locator map image is recorded as NO 1854 Ballangen.svg^[18].
• Ballangen Municipality's Commons category is recorded as Ballangen^[19].
• Ballangen Municipality's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 408167^[20].
• Ballangen Municipality's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[21].
• +1925-07-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ballangen Municipality^[22].
• Ballangen Municipality was dissolved in +2019-12-31T00:00:00Z^[23].
• Ballangen Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 68.306388888889, 'lon': 16.744166666667}^[24].
• Ballangen Municipality's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/018bn3^[25].
• Ballangen Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change^[26].
• Ballangen Municipality's separated from is recorded as Evenes Municipality^[27].

Body

Geography

Ballangen Municipality is in the country of Norway^[4]. It is located in Nordland^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+932.2160280256809'}^[28], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1193.1284818461488'}^[29], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+260.912453820468'}^[30], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+460.9970438489671'}^[31], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+24.187492191556544'}^[32], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+84.90646976404284'}^[33]. Ballangen Municipality's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2556'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Ballangen Municipality's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway^[8].

History and Context

+1925-07-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ballangen Municipality^[22].

Why It Matters

Ballangen Municipality ranks in the top 1% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35]