Larvik
municipality in Vestfold, Norway
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Summary
Larvik is a municipality of Norway[1]. Larvik ranks in the top 4% of municipality of norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,388 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: International Cities of Refuge Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vestfold[4]
- Country: Norway[5]
- Head of government: Erik Bringedal[6]
- Capital: Larvik[7]
- Shares border with: Sandefjord[8], Porsgrunn[9], Siljan Municipality[10], Holmestrand[11], Kongsberg[12], Tønsberg[13]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Andora[15]
- Postal code: 3256–3265[16], 3267–3271[17], 3274[18], 3251–3297[19]
- Commons category: Larvik[20]
- Inception: January 1, 1671[21]
- Highest point: Pikstein[22]
- Significant event: boundary change[23]
- Official website: https://www.larvik.kommune.no/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Larvik[25]
- Commons gallery: Larvik[26]
- Population: 43,867[27], 47,204[28], 47,768[29], 47,499[30], 47,777[31], 48,246[32], 48,715[33], 48,870[34], 49,022[35]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Larvik[36]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37]
- Category for people born here: Q8060784[38]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Larvik[39]
- Number of households: 21,312[40], 12,434[41], 2186[42], 2563[43], 2899[44], 1230[45]
- Demonym: larviker[46], larvikar[47], larviking[48]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Larvik[49]
Why It Matters
Larvik has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Larvik is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]