Tromsø Municipality
municipality in Troms, Norway
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Summary
Tromsø Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of municipality of norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,516 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: International Cities of Refuge Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Troms[4]
- Country: Norway[5]
- Head of government: Gunnar Wilhelmsen[6]
- Capital: Tromsø[7]
- Shares border with: Balsfjord Municipality[8], Storfjord Municipality[9], Lyngen Municipality[10], Karlsøy Municipality[11], Senja Municipality[12]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[13]
- Headquarters location: Tromsø[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Anchorage[15], Gaza City[16], Pune[17], Zagreb[18], Luleå Municipality[19], Grimsby[20], Murmansk[21], Quetzaltenango[22]
- Postal code: 9006–9020[23], 9020, 9024[24]
- Commons category: Tromsø (municipality)[25]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[26]
- Highest point: Jiehkkevárri[27]
- Significant event: boundary change[28]
- Official website: https://tromso.kommune.no/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tromsø[30]
- Commons gallery: Tromsø[31]
- Population: 42,000[32], 60,000[33], 71,627[34], 76,649[35], 76,974[36], 77,095[37], 77,544[38], 77,992[39], 78,745[40], 79,421[41], 79,943[42]
- Time of earliest written record: 1252[43]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Tromsø[44]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[45], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[46]
- Legal form: kommune[47]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tromsø[48]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tromsø[49]
- Number of households: 37,191[50], 14,885[51], 4035[52], 6112[53]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Tromsø Municipality include Tromsø Airport[54], an airport[55], in Norway[56] and Tromsø bridge[57], a cantilever bridge[58], in Norway[59], founded in 1960[60].
Why It Matters
Tromsø Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for it include Tromsø Airport[54], an airport[55], in Norway[56] and Tromsø bridge[57], a cantilever bridge[58], in Norway[59], founded in 1960[60].