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Balsfjord Municipality

municipality in Troms, Norway
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Balsfjord Municipality

Summary

Balsfjord Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 90 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_norway category, ranking #60 of 360).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balsfjord Municipality is located in Troms[3].
  • Balsfjord Municipality is in the country of Norway[4].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's head of government is recorded as Gunda Johansen[5].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's instance of is recorded as municipality of Norway[6].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's capital is recorded as Storsteinnes[7].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Tromsø Municipality[8].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Storfjord Municipality[9].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Målselv[10].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Senja Municipality[11].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's main regulatory text is recorded as Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[12].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's Commons category is recorded as Balsfjord[13].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[14].
  • 1860 marks the founding of Balsfjord Municipality[15].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 69.30472222222222, 'lon': 19.203611111111112}[16].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[17].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[18].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[19].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[20].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[21].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[22].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[23].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's separated from is recorded as Tromsøysund Municipality[24].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's official website is recorded as https://www.balsfjord.kommune.no/[25].
  • Balsfjord Municipality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balsfjord[26].
  • Balsfjord Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+5701'}[27].

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Founding

1860 marks the founding of Balsfjord Municipality[15].

Why It Matters

Balsfjord Municipality draws 90 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_norway category, ranking #60 of 360).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . balsfjord.kommune.no. balsfjord.kommune.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Tromsø Municipality, Storfjord Municipality, Målselv +2
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 69.30472222222222, 'lon': 19.203611111111112}
    Country → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Balsfjord
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 226875, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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