Porsgrunn (town)

Porsgrunn
View of the town
View of the town
Porsgrunn is located in Telemark
Porsgrunn
Porsgrunn
Location of the town
Porsgrunn is located in Norway
Porsgrunn
Porsgrunn
Porsgrunn (Norway)
Coordinates: 59°07′54″N 9°38′48″E / 59.13166°N 9.64665°E / 59.13166; 9.64665
CountryNorway
RegionEastern Norway
CountyTelemark
DistrictGrenland
MunicipalityPorsgrunn Municipality
Established as 
Ladested1653
Kjøpstad1807
Elevation44 m (144 ft)
Demonym(s)Porsgrunnsmann
Porsgrunnkvinne
Porsgrunnfolk
Porsgrunning
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
3916 Porsgrunn

Porsgrunn is a town and the administrative centre of Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is located at the mouth of the Porsgrunn river where it joins the Frierfjorden. The town of Skien lies immediately to the north of the town of Porsgrunn. The town of Brevik lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the south of Porsgrunn, just north of Heistad. The European route E18 highway passes through the southern part of the town of Porsgrunn.

The town is part of the Porsgrunn/Skien metropolitan area, so Statistics Norway does not track the population of the town separately. The portion of the urban area within Porsgrunn Municipality is 20.99-square-kilometre (5,190-acre) and it has a population (2022) of 34,291 with a population density of 1,634 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,230/sq mi).[3]

  1. ^ In the Norwegian language, the word by can be translated as "town" or "city".
  2. ^ "Porsgrunn by". yr.no. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2022). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".