Porsgrunn

Porsgrunn Municipality
Porsgrunn kommune
Porsgrund  (historic name)
View of the town of Porsgrunn
View of the town of Porsgrunn
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Porsgrunn within Telemark
Porsgrunn within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°6′56″N 9°42′36″E / 59.11556°N 9.71000°E / 59.11556; 9.71000
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictGrenland
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centrePorsgrunn
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Janicke Andreassen (Ap)
Area
 • Total164.45 km2 (63.49 sq mi)
 • Land160.78 km2 (62.08 sq mi)
 • Water3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi)  2.2%
 • Rank#315 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total37,056
 • Rank#29 in Norway
 • Density230.5/km2 (597/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +4.7%
DemonymsPorsgrunnsfolk
Porsgrunnsmann
Porsgrunnskvinne[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4001[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Porsgrunn is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn. Some other notable settlements in Porsgrunn include the town of Brevik and the villages of Langangen and Heistad.[4]

The 164-square-kilometre (63 sq mi) municipality is the 315th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Porsgrunn is the 29th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 37,056. The municipality's population density is 230.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (597/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.7% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6] The conurbation of the cities of Porsgrunn and Skien is called Porsgrunn/Skien by Statistics Norway and it is considered to be the seventh-largest urban area in Norway.

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Nilsen, Jan Erik, ed. (15 August 2023). "Porsgrunn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).