Porsgrunn

Porsgrunn is a town in the county of in with a population of 35,000. The larger town of is nearby and the combined urban area has a population of 87,000.
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  • Type: City with 35,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Telemark county, Norway
  • Also known as: 3806
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Porsgrunn Station and Eidanger Station.

Railway station
is a railway station serving Porsgrunn, . 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.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a disused railway station at in Porsgrunn, . Located at the intersection of the Bratsberg Line, Brevik Line and Vestfold Line, it is located 192.60 kilometers from .

Porsgrunn

Latitude
59.1408° or 59° 8′ 27″ north
Longitude
9.6563° or 9° 39′ 23″ east
Population
35,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
9FFF4MR4+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31264126
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6453394
Wiki­data ID
Q2290
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Porsgrunn” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Porsgrunn
  • Arabic: بورشغرون
  • Armenian: Պորսգրուն
  • Asturian: conceyu de Porsgrunn (Noruega)
  • Asturian: Porsgrunn kommune
  • Asturian: Porsgrunn
  • Banjar: Porsgrunn
  • Basque: Porsgrunn
  • Belarusian: Порсгрун
  • Bishnupriya: পোর্সগ্রুন
  • Bulgarian: Пошгрун
  • Catalan: Porsgrunn
  • Cebuano: Porsgrunn
  • Chinese: Porsgrunn
  • Chinese: 波什格伦
  • Czech: Porsgrunn
  • Danish: Porsgrunn Kommune
  • Danish: Porsgrunn
  • Dutch: Porsgrunn
  • Esperanto: Porsgrunn
  • Estonian: Porsgrunni vald
  • Finnish: Porsgrunn
  • French: Porsgrunn
  • German: Porsgrunn
  • Greek: Πόρσγκρουν
  • Hebrew: פרוסגרון
  • Hungarian: Porsgrunn
  • Icelandic: Porsgrunn
  • Indonesian: Porsgrunn
  • Irish: Porsgrunn
  • Italian: Porsgrunn
  • Japanese: ポースグラン
  • Japanese: ポールスグルン
  • Japanese: ポルシュグルン
  • Japanese: ポルスグルン
  • Kalaallisut: Porsgrunn
  • Korean: 포르스그룬
  • Latin: Porsgrunn
  • Limburgan: Porsgrunn
  • Lithuanian: Pošgriūnas
  • Low German: Kommun Porsgrunn
  • Malay: Porsgrunn
  • Min Nan Chinese: Porsgrunn
  • Northern Sami: Porsgrunn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Porsgrund
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Porsgrunn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Porsgrunn kommune
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Porsgrunn
  • Norwegian: Porsgrunn
  • Occitan (post 1500): Porsgrunn
  • Persian: پورشگرن
  • Polish: Porsgrunn
  • Portuguese: Porsgrunn
  • Romanian: Porsgrunn
  • Russian: Порсгрунн
  • Scots: Porsgrunn
  • Serbian: Порсгрун
  • Slovenian: Porsgrunn
  • Spanish: Porsgrunn
  • Swahili: Porsgrunn
  • Swedish: Porsgrunn kommun
  • Swedish: Porsgrunns kommun
  • Tamil: போர்ஸ்கிரன்
  • Tumbuka: Porsgrunn
  • Turkish: Porsgrunn
  • Ukrainian: Порсгрунн
  • Ukrainian: Порсґрунн
  • Ukrainian: Пошгрюнн
  • Waray (Philippines): Porsgrunn

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