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.
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  • Type: Locality with 34,400 residents
  • Description: town in Porsgrunn Municipality, Norway
  • Historically known as: “Porsgrund”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Porsgrunn Station and Vestre Porsgrunn Church.

Railway station
Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station serving Porsgrunn, .

Church
Photo: Mahlum, Public domain.
is a parish church of the…

School
Porsgrunn videregående skole is an upper secondary…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skien.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a municipality in county, .

Porsgrunn

Latitude
59.14054° or 59° 8′ 26″ north
Longitude
9.6561° or 9° 39′ 22″ east
Population
34,400
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
IATA airport code
XKP
UN/LOCODE
NO POR
Open location code
9FFF4MR4+6C
Geo­Names ID
3142657
Wiki­data ID
Q10637941
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Porsgrunn” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Porsgrunn”
  • Bishnupriya: “পোর্সগ্রুন”
  • Bulgarian: “Пошгрун”
  • Catalan: “Porsgrunn”
  • Cebuano: “Porsgrunn (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Porsgrunn”
  • Chinese: “波什格伦”
  • Danish: “Porsgrunn”
  • Dutch: “Porsgrunn”
  • Estonian: “Porsgrunni vald”
  • German: “Porsgrunn”
  • Korean: “포르스그룬”
  • Lithuanian: “Pošgriūnas”
  • Low German: “Kommun Porsgrunn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Porsgrunn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Porsgrunn”
  • Russian: “Порсгрунн”
  • Russian: “Пушгрён”
  • Serbian: “Порсгрун”
  • Slovenian: “Porsgrunn”
  • Swedish: “Porsgrunn”
  • Swedish: “Porsgrunns kommun”
  • Ukrainian: “Порсгрунн”

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