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Gulen Municipality

municipality in Vestland, Norway
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Summary

Gulen Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 97 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #66 of 360).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vestland[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Head of government: Hallvard S. Oppedal[5]
  • Capital: Eivindvik[6]
  • Shares border with: Solund Municipality[7], Hyllestad Municipality[8], Høyanger Municipality[9], Masfjorden Municipality[10], Austrheim Municipality[11], Fedje Municipality[12], Alver Municipality[13]
  • Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[14]
  • Commons category: Gulen[15]
  • Highest point: Svadfjellet[16]
  • Significant event: boundary change[17]
  • Official website: https://www.gulen.kommune.no/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gulen[19]
  • Population: 2370[20], 2297[21], 2272[22], 2230[23], 2228[24], 2234[25], 2260[26], 2301[27]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Gulen[28]
  • Number of households: 990[29], 865[30], 50[31], 21[32], 10[33], 44[34]
  • Demonym: guling[35]
  • Area: 597.21 km²[36], 597.2063039278463 km²[37], 983.1377958221572 km²[38], 385.93149189431085 km²[39], 323.16666255264056 km²[40], 0 km²[41], 21.860142833571235 km²[42], 0.24073120166078954 km²[43], 14.764227204474963 km²[44], 224.99136905025676 km²[45], 11.268706403929668 km²[46], 0.17746178704091395 km²[47], 0.144503979386975 km²[48], 0.5924989148844725 km²[49]

Why It Matters

Gulen Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Norway

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10h ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → Grunnkretser i Gulen kommune
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Govdirectory
    Topic's main category → Category:Gulen
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Gulen
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