Fosnes Municipality

former municipality in Trøndelag in Norway
AdministrativeArea former_municipality_of_norway Q494688
Fosnes Municipality
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Fosnes Municipality

Summary

Fosnes Municipality is a former municipality of Norway[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fosnes Municipality is located in Trøndelag[3].
  • Fosnes Municipality is located in Nord-Trøndelag[4].
  • Fosnes Municipality is in the country of Norway[5].
  • Fosnes Municipality's head of government is recorded as Bjørg Tingstad[6].
  • Fosnes Municipality's head of government is recorded as Trygve Jonny Sandvik[7].
  • Fosnes Municipality's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway[8].
  • Fosnes Municipality's capital is recorded as Dun[9].
  • Fosnes Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Nærøy Municipality[10].
  • Fosnes Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Høylandet Municipality[11].
  • Fosnes Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Overhalla Municipality[12].
  • Fosnes Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Namsos Municipality[13].
  • Fosnes Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Vikna[14].
  • Fosnes Municipality's Commons category is recorded as Fosnes[15].
  • Fosnes Municipality's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[16].
  • Fosnes Municipality was dissolved in December 31, 2019[17].
  • Fosnes Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 64.683888888889, 'lon': 11.569166666667}[18].
  • Fosnes Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[19].
  • Fosnes Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[20].
  • Fosnes Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[21].
  • Fosnes Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[22].
  • Fosnes Municipality's official website is recorded as http://www.fosnes.kommune.no/[23].
  • Fosnes Municipality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fosnes[24].
  • Fosnes Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+633'}[25].
  • Fosnes Municipality's office held by head of government is recorded as Mayor of Fosnes[26].
  • Fosnes Municipality's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+288'}[27].

Body

Geography

Fosnes Municipality is in the country of Norway[5]. Located in include Trøndelag[3], a county of Norway[28], in Norway[29] and Nord-Trøndelag[4], a county of Norway[30], in Norway[31], founded in 1919[32].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+544.64'}[33], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+544.2640958517192'}[34], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+681.4404559179579'}[35], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+137.17636006623874'}[36], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+239.14933062023073'}[37], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0'}[38]. Fosnes Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+633'}[25].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Fosnes Municipality ranks in the top 9% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Befolkning, 1. januar 2016. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [35] . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [36] . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [37] . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [38] . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . 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. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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