Tvedestrand Municipality
municipality in Agder, Norway
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Summary
Tvedestrand Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #50 of 360).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Agder[3]
- Country: Norway[4]
- Head of government: Marianne Landaas[5]
- Capital: Tvedestrand[6]
- Shares border with: Arendal[7], Risør Municipality[8], Froland Municipality[9], Åmli[10], Vegårshei Municipality[11]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Lysekil Municipality[13]
- Commons category: Tvedestrand[14]
- Inception: 1837[15]
- Highest point: Ansmyrheia[16]
- Significant event: boundary change[17]
- Official website: https://www.tvedestrand.kommune.no/[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tvedestrand[19]
- Population: 6014[20], 6053[21], 6067[22], 6115[23], 6184[24], 6323[25], 6464[26], 6430[27]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Tvedestrand[28]
- Category for people born here: Q9983343[29]
- Category for people who died here: Q26161222[30]
- Number of households: 2758[31], 2280[32], 94[33], 117[34], 95[35], 172[36]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Tvedestrand[37]
- Area: 218 km²[38], 215.0471687992807 km²[39], 609.7894391103131 km²[40], 394.74227031103237 km²[41], 6.139408555350922 km²[42], 0 km²[43], 10.824560862198162 km²[44], 0.28072294042370044 km²[45], 2.7634881770182282 km²[46], 185.95412454640083 km²[47], 7.362666469261068 km²[48], 1.1911237877176788 km²[49], 0.5310734609101292 km²[50], 215.05 km²[51]
Why It Matters
Tvedestrand Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]