Seljord Municipality

municipality in Telemark County, Norway
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Seljord Municipality
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Summary

Seljord 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

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Telemark[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Head of government: Beate Marie Dahl Eide[5]
  • Capital: Seljord[6]
  • Shares border with: Tinn[7], Hjartdal[8], Notodden Municipality[9], Kviteseid Municipality[10], Tokke Municipality[11], Vinje[12], Midt-Telemark[13]
  • Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[14]
  • Commons category: Seljord[15]
  • Inception: January 1, 1838[16]
  • Highest point: Brattefjell[17]
  • Significant event: boundary change[18]
  • Official website: https://www.seljord.kommune.no/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Seljord[20]
  • Population: 2991[21], 2888[22], 2900[23], 2889[24], 2939[25], 2979[26], 2981[27], 2959[28]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Seljord[29]
  • Number of households: 1342[30], 1156[31], 55[32], 71[33], 35[34], 25[35]
  • Demonym: seljording[36]
  • Area: 715 km²[37], 715.0835048748182 km²[38], 0 km²[39], 166.5860692424177 km²[40], 44.52873476228778 km²[41], 1.2892901064294502 km²[42], 37.99338210874377 km²[43], 451.4281537776514 km²[44], 12.390544388075408 km²[45], 0.5475883869385765 km²[46], 0.18654196372854623 km²[47], 0.133200138545474 km²[48], 715.09 km²[49], 166.73 km²[50]
  • Has list: Grunnkretser i Seljord kommune[51]
  • Language used: Nynorsk[52]

Why It Matters

Seljord Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . seljord.kommune.no. seljord.kommune.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Area statistics for Norway 2020. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Area statistics for Norway 2020. wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Country → Norway
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    Language used → Nynorsk
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