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Velfjord Municipality

former municipality in Nordland, Norway
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Velfjord Municipality

Summary

Velfjord Municipality is a former municipality of Norway[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Velfjord Municipality is located in Nordland[3].
  • Velfjord Municipality is in the country of Norway[4].
  • Velfjord Municipality's image is recorded as Sorfjorden i velfjord.jpg[5].
  • Velfjord Municipality's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway[6].
  • Velfjord Municipality's capital is recorded as Hommelstø[7].
  • Velfjord Municipality's locator map image is recorded as NO 1813 Velfjord.svg[8].
  • +1875-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Velfjord Municipality[9].
  • Velfjord Municipality was dissolved in +1964-01-01T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Velfjord Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 65.404722222222, 'lon': 12.521944444444}[11].
  • Velfjord Municipality's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0drx11[12].
  • Velfjord Municipality's separated from is recorded as Brønnøy Municipality[13].
  • Velfjord Municipality's KulturNav-ID is recorded as 4585ead1-6269-4f9e-b9bf-e58e0e92bf63[14].
  • Velfjord Municipality's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'velfjording'}[15].
  • Velfjord Municipality's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'nn', 'text': 'velfjording'}[16].
  • Velfjord Municipality's Norwegian municipality number is recorded as 1813[17].
  • Velfjord Municipality's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Brønnøy Municipality[18].
  • Velfjord Municipality's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Velfjord_-_tidligere_kommune[19].
  • Velfjord Municipality's merged into is recorded as Brønnøy Municipality[20].

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Geography

Velfjord Municipality is in the country of Norway[4]. It is located in Nordland[3].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1875-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Velfjord Municipality[9].

Why It Matters

Velfjord Municipality ranks in the top 9% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

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. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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