Risør

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Risør is a small coastal town in southern Norway known for its well-preserved wooden houses, maritime heritage, and annual wooden boat festival.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Risør canonical 3
Tvedestrand 2
Skudeneshavn old town 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeCentreOf Risør municipality
climateType temperate oceanic climate
country Norway
governedBy Risør municipal council
hasBuildingType wooden houses
hasCoastlineOn Skagerrak
hasCulturalAttraction harbour area
historic wooden town centre
hasDemonym risøring
hasEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale industry
tourism
hasEvent Risør Chamber Music Festival
Risør Wooden Boat Festival
hasFestivalTheme wooden boats
hasHarbour Risør harbour
hasHeritageStatus wooden town preservation area
hasHistoricFunction seafaring town
trading town
hasIndustry boat building
hasLanguage Norwegian
hasNeighbouringMunicipality Gjerstad
Kragerø
Tvedestrand
Vegårshei
hasPostalCodePrefix 4950
hasReligiousBuilding Risør Church
hasTourismType coastal tourism
hasTransport Norwegian County Road 416
hasUrbanAreaStatus town in Norway
knownFor annual wooden boat festival
maritime heritage
well-preserved wooden houses
locatedIn Agder
surface form: Agder county

Aust-Agder
surface form: Eastern Agder region

Southern Norway
locatedOn Skagerrak coast
partOf Aust-Agder
surface form: Østre Agder district
subdivisionType municipality of Norway
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (6)

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

Southern Norway contains Risør
Arendal hasNeighbouringMunicipality Risør
this entity surface form: Tvedestrand
Froland neighbouringMunicipality Risør
this entity surface form: Tvedestrand
Karmøy contains Risør
this entity surface form: Skudeneshavn old town
Agder containsTown Risør