Fredrikstad
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Fredrikstad (help·info) (previously Frederiksstad) (literally Fredrik's Toun) is a ceety an municipality in Østfold coonty, Norawa. The admeenistrative centre o the municipality is the ceety o Fredrikstad.
Fredrikstad kommune | |
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Fredrikstad within Østfold | |
Coordinates: 59°12′19″N 10°57′0″E / 59.20528°N 10.95000°ECoordinates: 59°12′19″N 10°57′0″E / 59.20528°N 10.95000°E | |
Kintra | Norawa |
Coonty | Østfold |
Destrict | Eastren Norawa |
Admeenistrative centre | Fredrikstad |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2011) | Jon Ivar Nygård (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 285.9 km2 (110.4 sq mi) |
• Laund | 283 km2 (109 sq mi) |
Area rank | #283 in Norawa |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 75,583 |
• Rank | #6 in Norawa |
• Density | 249/km2 (640/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | 7.7% |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-0106 |
Offeecial leid form | Bokmål |
Website | www |
The ceety o Fredrikstad wis foondit in 1567 bi Keeng Frederick II, an established as a municipality on 1 Januar 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality o Glemmen wis mergit wi Fredrikstad on 1 Januar 1964. The rural municipalities o Borge, Onsøy, Kråkerøy, an Rolvsøy wur mergit wi Fredrikstad on 1 Januar 1994.
The ceety straddles the river Glomma whaur it meets the Skagerrak. Alang wi neighborin Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad forms the fift lairgest ceety in Norawa: Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg. As o 1 Januar 2008, accordin tae Statistics Norway, these twa municipalities hae a total population o 123,029 wi 71,976 in Fredrikstad an 51,053 in Sarpsborg.
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns — sister ceeties
eeditThe follaein ceeties are twinned wi Fredrikstad:[1]
References
eedit- ↑ "Våre vennskapsbyer". Fredrikstad kommune. Archived frae the original on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2008. (in Norse)
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