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Torvastad Municipality

former municipality in Rogaland, Norway
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Torvastad Municipality

Summary

Torvastad Municipality is a former municipality of Norway[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Torvastad Municipality is located in Rogaland[3].
  • Torvastad Municipality is in the country of Norway[4].
  • Torvastad Municipality's image is recorded as Salhus med Salhusfærgen 1932.jpg[5].
  • Torvastad Municipality's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway[6].
  • Torvastad Municipality's capital is recorded as Haugesund[7].
  • Torvastad Municipality's capital is recorded as Torvastad[8].
  • Torvastad Municipality's locator map image is recorded as NO 1152 Torvastad.svg[9].
  • Torvastad Municipality's Commons category is recorded as Torvastad[10].
  • +1838-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Torvastad Municipality[11].
  • Torvastad Municipality was dissolved in +1964-12-31T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Torvastad Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.38027778, 'lon': 5.23694444}[13].
  • Torvastad Municipality's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dw5mj[14].
  • Torvastad Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[15].
  • Torvastad Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[16].
  • Torvastad Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[17].
  • Torvastad Municipality's significant event is recorded as boundary change[18].
  • Torvastad Municipality's KulturNav-ID is recorded as 645538f6-78d9-440e-b0f8-e64729a6b529[19].
  • Torvastad Municipality's replaced by is recorded as Karmøy Municipality[20].
  • Torvastad Municipality's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'torvastadbu'}[21].
  • Torvastad Municipality's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'nn', 'text': 'torvastadbu'}[22].
  • Torvastad Municipality's Norwegian municipality number is recorded as 1152[23].
  • Torvastad Municipality's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Karmøy Municipality[24].
  • Torvastad Municipality's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Torvastad_-_tidligere_kommune[25].

Body

Geography

Torvastad Municipality is in the country of Norway[4]. It is located in Rogaland[3].

Designation and Status

Torvastad Municipality's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway[6].

History and Context

+1838-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Torvastad Municipality[11].

Why It Matters

Torvastad Municipality ranks in the top 10% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Haugesund Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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