Porsgrunn
ⓘ is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn. Some other notable settlements in Porsgrunn include the town of Brevik and the villages of Langangen and Heistad.
Porsgrunn Municipality
Porsgrunn kommune | |
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| Porsgrund (historic name) | |
View of the town of Porsgrunn | |
Telemark within Norway | |
Porsgrunn within Telemark | |
| Coordinates: 59°6′56″N 9°42′36″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Telemark |
| District | Grenland |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Porsgrunn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Janicke Andreassen (Ap) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 164.45 km2 (63.49 sq mi) |
| • Land | 160.78 km2 (62.08 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi) 2.2% |
| • Rank | #315 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 37,056 |
| • Rank | #29 in Norway |
| • Density | 230.5/km2 (597/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +4.7% |
| Demonyms | Porsgrunnsfolk Porsgrunnsmann Porsgrunnskvinne |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-4001 |
| Website | Official website |
The 164-square-kilometre (63 sq mi) municipality is the 315th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Porsgrunn is the 29th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 37,056. The municipality's population density is 230.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (597/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.7% over the previous 10-year period. The conurbation of the cities of Porsgrunn and Skien is called Porsgrunn/Skien by Statistics Norway and it is considered to be the seventh-largest urban area in Norway.