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Sarpsborg Municipality
Sarpsborg kommune | |
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.jpg) Parts of Sarpsborg | |
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 Østfold within Norway | |
 Sarpsborg within Østfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°17′09″N 11°06′43″E / 59.28583°N 11.11194°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Østfold |
| Administrative centre | Sarpsborg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Magnus Arnesen (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 406 km2 (157 sq mi) |
| • Land | 370 km2 (140 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #238 in Norway |
| Population (31 December 2022) | |
• Total | 59,038 |
| • Rank | #13 in Norway |
| • Density | 134/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +6.6% |
| Demonym | Sarping[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3105[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Sarpsborg (pronounced [ˈsɑ̀ʂbɔr] or [ˈsɑ̀rpsbɔrɡ]), 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.[4]
Statistics for 2021, say that the city has a population where 19% of the children belong to families that have "low-income in the long-term"; that is the highest level for a city (in Norway); the national level is 11.3%.[5]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ "Population 1 January and population changes until now this year. The whole country, counties and municipalities". Statistics Norway. 22 August 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ https://www.nrk.no/norge/9--og-12-aringane-hennar-er-for-gamle-_-aleinemor-gar-glipp-av-15000-kronar-i-barnetrygd-1.16399457 Archived 6 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine. NRK.no. Retrieved 2023-05-06