Frøya Municipality
municipality in Trøndelag, Norway
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Summary
Frøya Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of municipality of norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (400 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Trøndelag[3]
- Country: Norway[4]
- Head of government: Kristin Furunes Strømskag[5]
- Capital: Sistranda[6]
- Shares border with: Hitra Municipality[7], Ørland Municipality[8]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[9]
- Commons category: Frøya[10]
- Inception: January 1, 1964[11]
- Highest point: Besselvassheia[12]
- Located in/on physical feature: Norwegian Sea[13]
- Official website: https://www.froya.kommune.no/[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Frøya, Trøndelag[15]
- Population: 4799[16], 5151[17], 5204[18], 5265[19], 5391[20], 5453[21], 5655[22], 5794[23]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Frøya[24]
- Replaces: Nord-Frøya Municipality[25], Sør-Frøya Municipality[26]
- Number of households: 2241[27], 1834[28], 86[29], 140[30], 84[31], 97[32]
- Demonym: frøyværing[33]
- Area: 241.24 km²[34], 241.29328078015095 km²[35], 5291.5764774676845 km²[36], 5050.283196687534 km²[37], 200.0564310929479 km²[38], 0 km²[39], 11.395271497783101 km²[40], 0.0004575081700206734 km²[41], 22.07516947634411 km²[42], 3.1561595645679206 km²[43], 3.9694293805442795 km²[44], 0.4910633855105279 km²[45], 0.006055768978696692 km²[46], 0.1432431053043784 km²[47]
- Has list: Grunnkretser i Frøya kommune[48]
- Language used: Bokmål[49]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[50]
Why It Matters
Frøya Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]