Tønsberg

municipality in Vestfold, Norway

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Tønsberg is a municipality located in Vestfold, a county in Norway. It is a significant historical and cultural area in southeastern Norway with connections to Norway's Viking heritage and medieval history.

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Vinony's link graph records 159 inbound references to Tønsberg, and connects out to tincture, Tønsberg and Larvik.

The entry is geolocated on the map in NO.

It sits within the topics 1838 establishments in Norway, Municipalities of Vestfold and Tønsberg Municipality.

Vinony links it to 67 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Demonym: tønsbergensar
Population: 60246
Area: 1.67
Official website: www.tonsberg.kommune.no
Image: Brygga i Tønsberg.JPG

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postal code: 3101–3127
Commons category: Tønsberg
inception: 0871-00-00
native label: Tønsberg
P8168: Shinya Yamanaka

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Encyclopedic overview

Tønsberg ( pronounced [ˈtœ̂nsbær(ɡ)] ) is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jarlsberg. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg which was established in the 9th century. Other larger population centres in the municipality include Barkåker, Bergsåsen, Brekkeåsen, Eik, Fon, Gretteåsen, Husøy, Husvik, Linnestad, Ramnes, Rånerudåsen, Revetal, Sem, Svinevoll, Teie, and Vear.

The 329-square-kilometre (127 sq mi) municipality is the 254th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Tønsberg is the 17th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 58,561. The municipality's population density is 179.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (465/sq mi) and its population has increased by 16.6% over the previous 10-year period.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tønsberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.