Bokn Municipality
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Within Vinony's link graph, Bokn Municipality is referenced by 132 other articles, and connects out to Stavanger, Nynorsk and Sandnes Municipality.
The entry is geolocated on the map in NO, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1849 establishments in Norway, Bokn Municipality and Municipalities of Rogaland.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Rogaland
- District
- Haugaland
- Preceded by
- Skudenes Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Føresvik
- Mayor 2023
- Egil Våge ( Sp )
- Total
- 47.15 km (18.20 sq mi)
- Land
- 44.53 km (17.19 sq mi)
- Water
- 2.62 km (1.01 sq mi) 5.6%
- Rank
- # 349 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 293.28 m (962.2 ft)
- Density
- 19.2/km (50/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +4.9%
- Demonym
- Boknar
- Norwegian form
- Nynorsk
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- NO-1145
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Demonym
- boknar
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Rogaland
- Capital
- Føresvik
- Population
- 907
- Area
- 0.05
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Stavanger
- Official website
- bokn.kommune.no
- Image
- Alvestadkroken.jpg
- Households
- 3
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- Commons category
- Bokn
- topic's main category
- Category:Bokn
- separated from
- Skudenes Municipality
- language used
- Nynorsk
- inception
- 1849-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Bokn is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Haugaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Føresvik, the only urban area in Bokn. Other villages in Bokn include Arsvågen, Trosnavåg, and Loten. The island municipality is mostly located on the three islands of Ognøya, Vestre Bokn, and Austre Bokn, plus some smaller surrounding uninhabited islets. All three main islands are connected to the mainland via a network of bridges. The Rogfast tunnel system is under construction. It will connect Bokn Municipality to Stavanger by road.
The 47.15-square-kilometre (18.20 sq mi) municipality is the 349th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Bokn Municipality is the 340th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 907. The municipality's population density is 19.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (50/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.6% over the previous ten-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bokn Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations