Sarpsborg

Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.

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Sarpsborg is a city and municipality located in Østfold county in Norway, and it serves as the administrative center for its municipality. The city was historically known simply as Borg before taking its current name.

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Kommune.area_water_percent: 0.13
Kommune.name: Sarpsborg
Kommune.idnumber: 3105
Kommune.image_skyline: Sarpsborg station and town centre from north (2).jpg
Kommune.image_caption: Parts of Sarpsborg
Kommune.county: Østfold
Kommune.capital: Sarpsborg
Kommune.language: Bokmål
Kommune.coatofarms: Sarpsborg komm.svg
Kommune.demonym: Sarping
Kommune.munwebpage: www.sarpsborg.com
Kommune.mayor: Magnus Arnesen
Kommune.mayor_party: H
Kommune.mayor_as_of: 2023
Kommune.area_rank: 238
Kommune.area_total_km2: 406
Kommune.area_land_km2: 370
Kommune.population_as_of: 31 December 2022

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Demonym: Særping
Population: 60614
Area: 35.84
Elevation: 31
Official website: www.sarpsborg.com
Image: Sarpsborg station and town centre from north (3).jpg
Households: 933

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postal code: 1734
Commons category: Sarpsborg
IPA transcription: ˈsɑʂbɔɾ
inception: 1839-00-00
number of viewers/listeners: 433177

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Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.

Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad. As of 1 January 2018, according to Statistics Norway these two municipalities have a total population of 136,127 with 55,840 in Sarpsborg and 81,278 in Fredrikstad.