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Jølster

former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
AdministrativeArea former_municipality_of_norway Q484101
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Jølster

Summary

Jølster is a former municipality of Norway[1]. Jølster ranks in the top 5% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jølster is located in Sogn og Fjordane[3].
  • Jølster is in the country of Norway[4].
  • Jølster's head of government is recorded as Oddmund Klakegg[5].
  • Jølster's image is recorded as Jølstra.JPG[6].
  • Jølster's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway[7].
  • Jølster's capital is recorded as Skei[8].
  • Jølster's flag image is recorded as Flag of Jølster.gif[9].
  • Jølster's shares border with is recorded as Gloppen Municipality[10].
  • Jølster's shares border with is recorded as Stryn Municipality[11].
  • Jølster's shares border with is recorded as Luster Municipality[12].
  • Jølster's shares border with is recorded as Sogndal Municipality[13].
  • Jølster's shares border with is recorded as Førde[14].
  • Jølster's shares border with is recorded as Naustdal Municipality[15].
  • Jølster's coat of arms image is recorded as Jølster komm.svg[16].
  • Jølster's locator map image is recorded as NO 1431 Jølster.svg[17].
  • Jølster's Commons category is recorded as Jølster[18].
  • Jølster's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 404670[19].
  • Jølster's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[20].
  • Jølster was dissolved in +2019-12-31T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Jølster's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 61.541667, 'lon': 6.408889}[22].
  • Jølster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0189fd[23].
  • Jølster's significant event is recorded as boundary change[24].
  • Jølster's official website is recorded as http://www.jolster.kommune.no/[25].
  • Jølster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jølster[26].
  • Jølster's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as a336be4a-72be-4836-8b5e-ebe24c770db8[27].

Body

Geography

Jølster is in the country of Norway[4]. Jølster is located in Sogn og Fjordane[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+670.87'}[28], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+670.8659042731985'}[29], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0'}[30], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+377.15722780262104'}[31], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+59.827743462296084'}[32], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+50.13966342060035'}[33]. Jølster's population is recorded as {'amount': '+3020'}[34].

Designation and Status

Jølster's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway[7].

Why It Matters

Jølster ranks in the top 5% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).[2] Jølster has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Jølster is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

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] ↑ . 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. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  26. [34] ↑ . Befolkning, 1. januar 2016. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . 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. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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