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Lyngen Municipality

municipality in Troms, Norway
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Lyngen Municipality

Summary

Lyngen Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 72 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_norway category, ranking #60 of 360).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lyngen Municipality is located in Troms[3].
  • Lyngen Municipality is in the country of Norway[4].
  • Lyngen Municipality's head of government is recorded as Dan Håvard Johnsen[5].
  • Lyngen Municipality's instance of is recorded as municipality of Norway[6].
  • Lyngen Municipality's capital is recorded as Lyngseidet[7].
  • Lyngen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Karlsøy Municipality[8].
  • Lyngen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Tromsø Municipality[9].
  • Lyngen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Skjervøy Municipality[10].
  • Lyngen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Nordreisa Municipality[11].
  • Lyngen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Kåfjord Municipality[12].
  • Lyngen Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Storfjord Municipality[13].
  • Lyngen Municipality's main regulatory text is recorded as Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[14].
  • Lyngen Municipality's Commons category is recorded as Lyngen[15].
  • Lyngen Municipality's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[16].
  • 1837 marks the founding of Lyngen Municipality[17].
  • Lyngen Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 69.690277777778, 'lon': 20.081666666667}[18].
  • Lyngen Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[19].
  • Lyngen Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[20].
  • Lyngen Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[21].
  • Lyngen Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[22].
  • Lyngen Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[23].
  • Lyngen Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[24].
  • Lyngen Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[25].
  • Lyngen Municipality's official website is recorded as https://www.lyngen.kommune.no/[26].
  • Lyngen Municipality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lyngen[27].

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Founding

1837 marks the founding of Lyngen Municipality[17].

Why It Matters

Lyngen Municipality draws 72 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_norway category, ranking #60 of 360).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . lyngen.kommune.no. lyngen.kommune.no. Provenance: 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. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Karlsøy Municipality, Tromsø Municipality, Skjervøy Municipality +3
    Local thumb → —
    Country → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 69.690277777778, 'lon': 20.081666666667}
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 226849, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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