Grimstad
Grimstad is a town in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of the municipality. It is located on the Skaggerak coast in Southern Norway along the Groosefjorden, between the towns of Arendal and Lillesand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Grimstad Church and Dømmesmo Oak.
Grimstad Church
Church
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Grimstad Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Grimstad Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Grimstad. It is the church for the Grimstad parish which is part of the Vest-Nedenes prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.
Dømmesmo Oak
The Dømmesmo Oak is a large oak tree that stands at Dømmesmoen park in Grimstad, Norway. A heavy snowfall in March 1985 broke several of the largest branches, and a New Year fireworks rocket ignited the tree around the year 2000.Fjære Church
Church
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Fjære Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Grimstad Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fjære. It is the main church for the Fjære parish which is part of the Vest-Nedenes prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. Fjære Church is situated 3 km north of Grimstad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rønnes and Hesnes.
Rønnes
Suburb
Rønnes is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Vikkilen bay, directly across the bay from the harbour of the town of Grimstad.
Hesnes
Hamlet
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Hesnes is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the Skaggerak coast about 2 kilometres northeast of the village of Rønnes and about 3 kilometres southeast of the village of Vik.
Tjore
Hamlet
Tjore is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the Landvikvannet lake, just north of the European route E18 highway. Tjore is situated 5 km southwest of Grimstad.
Grimstad
- Type: Town with 15,200 residents
- Description: settlement in Grimstad Municipality, Norway
- Categories: urban area in Norway and locality
- Location: Grimstad, Agder, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.3413° or 58° 20′ 29″ northLongitude
8.59341° or 8° 35′ 36″ eastPopulation
15,200Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO GTDOpen location code
9FCC8HRV+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 258940180OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Grimstad” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Grimstad”
- Bishnupriya: “গ্রিমস্টাড”
- Bulgarian: “Гримста”
- Cebuano: “Grimstad”
- Chinese: “格里姆斯塔”
- Danish: “Grimstad”
- Dutch: “Grimstad”
- Estonian: “Grimstadi vald”
- German: “Grimstad”
- Italian: “Grimstad”
- Japanese: “グリムスタッド”
- Korean: “그림스타드”
- Low German: “Kommun Grimstad”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grimstad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grimstad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tettstaden Grimstad”
- Norwegian: “Grimstad”
- Persian: “گریمستا (شهر)”
- Persian: “گریمستا”
- Polish: “Grimstad”
- Portuguese: “Grimstad”
- Romanian: “Grimstad”
- Russian: “Гримстад”
- Serbian: “Гримстад”
- South Azerbaijani: “قریمستا (شهر)”
- South Azerbaijani: “قریمستا”
- Swedish: “Grimstad”
- Ukrainian: “Грімстад”
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