Froland Municipality
municipality in Agder, Norway
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Summary
Froland Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 66 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #62 of 360).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Agder[3]
- Country: Norway[4]
- Head of government: Ove Gundersen[5]
- Capital: Blakstad[6]
- Shares border with: Åmli[7], Tvedestrand Municipality[8], Arendal[9], Grimstad[10], Birkenes[11], Evje og Hornnes Municipality[12], Bygland[13]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[14]
- Commons category: Froland[15]
- Inception: 1850[16]
- Highest point: Befjell[17]
- Significant event: boundary change[18]
- Separated from: Øyestad Municipality[19]
- Official website: https://www.froland.kommune.no/[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Froland[21]
- Population: 5618[22], 5951[23], 6004[24], 6098[25], 6174[26], 6236[27], 6260[28], 6299[29]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Froland[30]
- Legal form: kommune[31]
- Category for people born here: Q18757357[32]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Froland[33]
- Number of households: 2427[34], 1990[35], 132[36], 88[37], 129[38]
- Demonym: frolending[39]
- Category of associated people: Q106672360[40]
- Area: 64,456 km²[41], 644.5473596662641 km²[42], 0 km²[43], 23.41181776581089 km²[44], 39.86246539492706 km²[45], 3.660179012033828 km²[46], 46.75998171754215 km²[47], 520.6444643845845 km²[48], 8.456269513060922 km²[49], 1.029627409246292 km²[50], 0.2779290877325725 km²[51], 0.44462538132609547 km²[52], 644.54 km²[53], 23.35 km²[54]
Why It Matters
Froland Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]