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Florø
Sign in to saveis a town and the administrative centre of Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The town was founded by royal decree in 1860 as a ladested on the island of Florelandet, located between the Botnafjorden and Solheimsfjorden. Florø is Norway's (and thus the Scandinavian Peninsula's) westernmost town. It is the most western town on the mainland in the Nordic countries.
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Place details
- Locality
- Florø
- Region
- Vestland
- Country
- Norge
- Population
- 9,024
- Timezone
- Europe/Oslo
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Florø
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town/City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Florø by night2.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the town
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- town
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vestland
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sunnfjord
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Kinn Municipality
- Settlement.timezone1
- CET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative centre
- Official name
- Florø
- Demonym
- florøværing
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Kinn Municipality
- Population
- 9102
- Area
- 6.46
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Flora Municipality
- Official website
- www.flora.kommune.no
- Image
- Florø by night2.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Name
- Economy
- History
- Coat of arms
- Self-government (1861-1964)
- Mayors
- Municipal council
- See also
- References
is a town and the administrative centre of Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The town was founded by royal decree in 1860 as a ladested on the island of Florelandet, located between the Botnafjorden and Solheimsfjorden. Florø is Norway's (and thus the Scandinavian Peninsula's) westernmost town. It is the most western town on the mainland in the Nordic countries.
The town has a population (2024) of 9,071 and a population density of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Florø” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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