Egersund
Sign in to saveEgersund is a town in Eigersund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located along the southwestern coast of Norway, about south of the city of Stavanger. The town is situated along a strait which separates the mainland from the island of Eigerøya. From 1838 until 1964, the town was also an independent municipality.
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Vinony's link graph records 338 inbound references to Egersund, and connects out to Stavanger, Sandnes Municipality and Norway.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1798 establishments in Norway, Administrative centres of municipalities of Norway and Cities and towns in Norway.
Vinony links it to 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Egersund
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Egersund panorama small.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Rogaland#Norway
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the town
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rogaland
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Dalane
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Eigersund Municipality
- Settlement.timezone1
- CET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Eigersund Municipality
- Population
- 11902
- Area
- 6.79
- Elevation
- 42
- Capital of
- Eigersund Municipality
- Official website
- www.eigersund.kommune.no
- Image
- Egersund panorama small.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Egersund
- Commons category
- Egersund
- inception
- 1798-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Middle Ages
- 17th and 18th centuries
- 19th and 20th centuries
- Name
- Municipal self-government (1838-1964)
- Municipal council
- Mayors
- Transportation
- Neighborhoods
- Attractions
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Egersund is a town in Eigersund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located along the southwestern coast of Norway, about south of the city of Stavanger. The town is situated along a strait which separates the mainland from the island of Eigerøya. From 1838 until 1964, the town was also an independent municipality.
The town has a population (2019) of 11,433 and a population density of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Egersund” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations