Kirkenes

Summary

Kirkenes is an urban area in Norway^[1]. Kirkenes ranks in the top 0.54% of urban_area_in_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,683 views/month, #3 of 556).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kirkenes is located in Sør-Varanger Municipality^[3].
• Kirkenes is in the country of Norway^[4].
• Kirkenes's instance of is recorded as urban area in Norway^[5].
• Kirkenes's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Kirkenes's instance of is recorded as administrative centre^[7].
• Kirkenes's official language is recorded as Bokmål^[8].
• Kirkenes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kars^[9].
• Kirkenes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nikel^[10].
• Kirkenes's Commons category is recorded as Kirkenes^[11].
• Kirkenes's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[12].
• 1826 marks the founding of Kirkenes^[13].
• Kirkenes's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 69.72708, 'lon': 30.04511}^[14].
• Kirkenes's significant event is recorded as Operation Nordlicht^[15].
• Kirkenes's official website is recorded as http://www.svk.no/^[16].
• Kirkenes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kirkenes^[17].
• Kirkenes has a population of {'amount': '+3444'}^[18].
• Kirkenes has a population of {'amount': '+3538'}^[19].
• Kirkenes has a population of {'amount': '+3529'}^[20].
• Kirkenes has a population of {'amount': '+3531'}^[21].
• Kirkenes has a population of {'amount': '+3492'}^[22].
• Kirkenes has a population of {'amount': '+3459'}^[23].
• Kirkenes has a population of {'amount': '+3383'}^[24].
• Kirkenes has a population of {'amount': '+3404'}^[25].
• Kirkenes has a population of {'amount': '+3535'}^[26].
• Kirkenes has a population of {'amount': '+3424'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Kirkenes is in the country of Norway^[4]. Kirkenes is located in Sør-Varanger Municipality^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.15'}^[28]. Kirkenes sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+3444'}^[18], {'amount': '+3538'}^[19], {'amount': '+3529'}^[20], {'amount': '+3531'}^[21], {'amount': '+3492'}^[22], and {'amount': '+3459'}^[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include urban area in Norway^[5], city^[6], and administrative centre^[7].

History and Context

1826 marks the founding of Kirkenes^[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kirkenes include Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive^[30], an offensive^[31], in Soviet Union^[32] and Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen^[33], an airport^[34], in Norway^[35], founded in 1963^[36].

Why It Matters

Kirkenes ranks in the top 0.54% of urban_area_in_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,683 views/month, #3 of 556).^[2] Kirkenes has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Kirkenes is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Kirkenes include Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive^[30], an offensive^[31], in Soviet Union^[32] and Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen^[33], an airport^[34], in Norway^[35], founded in 1963^[36].