Gloppen Municipality

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Gloppen Municipality is a local government area in western Norway known for its fjord landscapes, agriculture, and small communities centered around the village of Sandane.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gloppen Municipality canonical 1
Gloppen municipality (old) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
municipality
administrativeCentre Sandane
borders Bremanger Municipality NERFINISHED
Hyllestad Municipality NERFINISHED
Stad Municipality
Stryn Municipality NERFINISHED
Sunnfjord Municipality NERFINISHED
capital Sandane
coatOfArms Gloppen coat of arms
containsSettlement Byrkjelo NERFINISHED
Hylen
Re
Sandane
Vereide
country Norway
governingBody Gloppen municipal council
governmentType municipal council
hasAirport Sandane Airport, Anda (regional access)
surface form: Sandane Airport, Anda
hasClimate temperate oceanic climate
hasCoastlineOn Gloppefjorden NERFINISHED
Nordfjord NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity dairy farming
forestry
sheep farming
tourism
hasGeographyFeature fjords
mountains
valleys
hasLanguageForm Nynorsk
hasMunicipalCode 4650
hasOfficialLanguage Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian
hasRegionCode NO-46
knownFor agriculture
fjord landscapes
small rural communities
locatedIn Nordfjord region NERFINISHED
Scandinavia
Vestland county NERFINISHED
Western Norway
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
locatedOn European route E39
Norwegian National Road 15
observesDaylightSavingTime Central European Summer Time
partOf Kingdom of Norway
subdivisionType municipality of Norway
traversedBy European route E39

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vestland containsMunicipality Gloppen Municipality
Gloppen mergedFrom Gloppen Municipality
this entity surface form: Gloppen municipality (old)