Porsgrunn

Porsgrunn is a town and the administrative centre of in county, . The town is located at the mouth of the Porsgrunn river where it joins the Frierfjorden.
Mahlum, Public domain.
  • Locality with about 34,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code XKP
  • …was formerly known as “Porsgrund”
  • Description: town in Porsgrunn Municipality, Norway

Places of Interest

Discover Porsgrunn Station and Vestre Porsgrunn Church.
Railway station
is a railway station serving the…
Mahlum, Public domain.
Church
is a parish church of the…
School
Porsgrunn videregående skole is an upper secondary…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skien.
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Latitude
59.14054° or 59° 8′ 26″ north
Longitude
9.6561° or 9° 39′ 22″ east
UN/LOCODE
NO POR
Open location code
9FFF4MR4+6C
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Porsgrunn” goes by many names.
PorsgrunnAsturian
পোর্সগ্রুনBishnupriya
ПошгрунBulgarian
PorsgrunnCatalan
PorsgrunnCebuano
Porsgrunn (kapital sa munisipyo)Cebuano
波什格伦Chinese
PorsgrundDanish
PorsgrunnDanish
PorsgrunnDutch
Porsgrunni valdEstonian
포르스그룬Korean
PošgriūnasLithuanian
Kommun PorsgrunnLow German
PorsgrunnNorwegian Bokmål
PorsgrunnNorwegian Nynorsk
ПорсгруннRussian
ПушгрёнRussian
ПорсгрунSerbian
PorsgrunnSlovenian
PorsgrunnSwedish
Porsgrunns kommunSwedish
ПорсгруннUkrainian

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”

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