Porsgrunn

Porsgrunn is a town and the administrative centre of Porsgrunn Municipality 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 include Porsgrunn Station and Vestre Porsgrunn Church.

Railway station
is a railway station serving , . It serves regional trains on Vestfold Line and local trains on Bratsberg Line, all operated by Vy. The station building is located beside a bus terminal.

Church
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is a of the Church of Norway in Porsgrunn Municipality in county, . It is located in the town of Porsgrunn.

School
Porsgrunn videregående skole is an upper secondary school located in the town of , in the county , in . The school is Telemark county's biggest school together with Skien videregående skole, and has a total of 1150 students and about 170 employees.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skien.

is a municipality in county, . It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the area and Bø.

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
United Nations Location Code
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: Porsgrund
  • 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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