Bokn Municipality
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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
Official website
Bokn kommune
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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.
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