Birkenes

Birkenes is a municipality in county, . It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Birkeland, where about half the municipal population lives.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mollestad Oak and Birkenes Church.

The is a monumental, legendary oak near the Norwegian village of in the municipality of Birkenes, . The oak has a circumference of 9.21 metres, measured in 2001, and a height of around 13 metres, which makes the one of the largest trees in Norway.

Church
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is a of the Church of Norway in Birkenes Municipality in county, . It is located in the village of , about 3.5 kilometres southwest of the municipal centre of . is situated 3½ km southwest of Birkenes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birkeland and Håbbesland.

Village
is the administrative centre of the municipality of Birkenes in county, . The village is located on the eastern shore of the river , across the river from the village of .

Hamlet
is a village in Birkenes municipality in county, . The village is located about 5 kilometres to the northeast of the municipal centre of .

Hamlet
is a village in Birkenes municipality in county, . The village is located on both sides of the river , just south of the municipal centre of .

Birkenes

Latitude
58.3348° or 58° 20′ 5″ north
Longitude
8.2327° or 8° 13′ 58″ east
Population
5,340
Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)
Open location code
9FCC86MM+W3
Geo­Names ID
3161528
Wiki­data ID
Q88802
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Birkenes” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Birkenes
  • Asturian: Birkenes kommune
  • Asturian: Birkenes
  • Asturian: conceyu de Birkenes (Noruega)
  • Basque: Birkenes
  • Bavarian: Birkenes
  • Bishnupriya: বিরকেনেস
  • Catalan: Birkenes
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  • Chinese: Birkenes
  • Chinese: 比尔克内斯
  • Chinese: 比爾克內斯
  • Danish: Birkenes
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  • Esperanto: Birkenes
  • Estonian: Birkenesi vald
  • Faroese: Birkenes kommuna
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  • Japanese: ビルケネス
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  • Limburgan: Birkenes
  • Low German: Kommun Birkenes
  • Malay: Birkenes
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  • Northern Sami: Birkenes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Birkenes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Birkenes kommune
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Birkenes
  • Norwegian: Birkenes
  • Occitan (post 1500): Birkenes
  • Persian: بیرکنس
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  • Russian: Биркенес
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  • Swahili: Birkenes
  • Swedish: Birkenes kommun
  • Turkish: Birkenes
  • Ukrainian: Біркенес
  • Vietnamese: Birkenes
  • Waray (Philippines): Birkenes

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