Vinje
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Vinje is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vest-Telemark which is part of Øvre Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Åmot. Other villages in the municipality include Arabygdi, Edland, Grunge, Haukeli, Krossen, Møsstrond, Nesland, Øyfjell, Raulandsgrend, and Vinje.
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Vinje is an active government municipality located in Norway. It was established on January 1, 1838. The administrative center of the municipality is Åmot.
The area covers 3106 square units and has a population of 3861. There are 1684 households within the municipality. Vinje maintains an official website for public information.
Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, ROR, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Vinje
- Kommune.image_skyline
- Mirror - panoramio (2).jpg
- Kommune.idnumber
- 4036
- Kommune.county
- Telemark
- Kommune.district
- Vest-Telemark
- Kommune.capital
- Åmot
- Kommune.established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Kommune.preceded
- none
- Kommune.demonym
- VinbyggVinbygge (male)Vinbyggje (female)
- Kommune.language
- Nynorsk
- Kommune.coatofarms
- Vinje komm.svg
- Kommune.webpage
- www.vinje.kommune.no
- Kommune.mayor
- Jon Rikard Kleven
- Kommune.mayor_party
- Sp
- Kommune.mayor_as_of
- 2015
- Kommune.area_rank
- 14
- Kommune.area_total_km2
- 3105.83
- Kommune.area_land_km2
- 2724.86
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1838
- Location
- Åmot, Norway
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.459210.b · ISNI 0000 0004 9266 8242
Official website
VINJE KOMMUNE
vinje.kommune.no →Link to the official site · 4,070 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- vinbygg
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Telemark
- Capital
- Åmot
- Population
- 3829
- Area
- 1.82
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Ullensvang Municipality
- Official website
- www.vinje.kommune.no
- Image
- Mirror - panoramio (2).jpg
- Households
- 3
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- Commons category
- Vinje
- twinned administrative body
- Acquapendente
- topic's main category
- Category:Vinje
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vinje
- language used
- Nynorsk
- inception
- 1838-01-01
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- General information
- Name
- Coat of arms
- Churches
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Government
- Municipal council
- Mayor
- Notable people
- The Arts
- Public Service
- Sport
- Attractions
- References
- External links
Vinje is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vest-Telemark which is part of Øvre Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Åmot. Other villages in the municipality include Arabygdi, Edland, Grunge, Haukeli, Krossen, Møsstrond, Nesland, Øyfjell, Raulandsgrend, and Vinje.
The municipality is the 14th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vinje is the 209th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,832. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 3% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vinje” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (8)
On the map
3 mapped locations