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This is a list of towns and cities in Norway. The Norwegian language word by means a town or city–there is no distinction between the two words as there is in English. Historically, the designation of town/city was granted by the king, but since 1996 that authority was given to the local municipal councils for each municipality in Norway. In ...
This is a list of urban areas in Norway by population, with population numbers as of 1 January 2024.. Statistics Norway, the governmental organisation with the task of measuring the Norwegian population, uses the term tettsted (literally "dense place"; meaning urban settlement or urban area), which is defined as a continuous built-up area with a maximum distance of 50 metres (160 ft) between ...
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Norway also has some municipalities that are bilingual or trilingual due to the presence of many native Sami people living there. In Northern Sámi, there are two words for a municipality: suohkan and gielda. [5] Both are loan words from Scandinavian languages, the first of which is related to the Norwegian words sokn and sogn (a parish). [6]
Pages in category "Cities and towns in Norway" The following 111 pages are in this category, out of 111 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is a list of lists of villages in Norway, divided into sub-sections by county. ... List of towns and cities in Norway; List of villages in Europe
Map of Norway. This is a list of places in Norway having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages ...
Six Norwegian cities are considered Greater Cities (Storbyer). This classification is the result of an overall evaluation of these cities' population and their importance as regional centres. [ 1 ] The six cities are Oslo , Bergen , Trondheim , Stavanger , Kristiansand and Tromsø .