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Risør Municipality

municipality in Agder, Norway
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Risør Municipality

Summary

Risør Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 159 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_norway category, ranking #43 of 360).[2]

Key Facts

  • Risør Municipality is located in Agder[3].
  • Risør Municipality is in the country of Norway[4].
  • Risør Municipality's head of government is recorded as Per Kristian Lunden[5].
  • Risør Municipality's instance of is recorded as municipality of Norway[6].
  • Risør Municipality's capital is recorded as Risør[7].
  • Risør Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Tvedestrand Municipality[8].
  • Risør Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Vegårshei Municipality[9].
  • Risør Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Gjerstad[10].
  • Risør Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Kragerø[11].
  • Risør Municipality's main regulatory text is recorded as Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[12].
  • Risør Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Höfn[13].
  • Risør Municipality's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Risør[14].
  • Risør Municipality's Commons category is recorded as Risør Municipality[15].
  • Risør Municipality's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[16].
  • 1837 marks the founding of Risør Municipality[17].
  • Risør Municipality's highest point is recorded as Espehaugen[18].
  • Risør Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.724722, 'lon': 9.23}[19].
  • Risør Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[20].
  • Risør Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[21].
  • Risør Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[22].
  • Risør Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[23].
  • Risør Municipality's official website is recorded as https://www.risor.kommune.no[24].
  • Risør Municipality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Risør[25].
  • Risør Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+6920'}[26].
  • Risør Municipality has a population of {'amount': '+6809'}[27].

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Founding

1837 marks the founding of Risør Municipality[17].

Why It Matters

Risør Municipality draws 159 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_norway category, ranking #43 of 360).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 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] ↑ . risor.kommune.no. risor.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. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . status.kartverket.no. status.kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: 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. 5w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language used → Bokmål, Nynorsk
    Capital → Risør
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Aust-Agder, Agder
    Official website → https://www.risor.kommune.no
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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