municipality of Kongsberg

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The municipality of Kongsberg is a historic Norwegian town known for its former silver mines and strong technology and defense industries.

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Label Occurrences
Kongsberg municipal council 1
municipality of Kongsberg canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeCentreOf Kongsberg municipality
country Norway
foundedAsTown 1624
foundedBy Christian IV of Denmark
surface form: King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway
governedBy mayor of Kongsberg
hasAttraction Kongsberg Ski Centre
surface form: Kongsberg Ski Resort

historic mining district
hasClimate continental climate
hasCulturalEvent Kongsberg Jazz Festival
hasEconomicSector defence
engineering
maritime
tourism
hasEducationalInstitution University of South-Eastern Norway campus Kongsberg
hasGeographicalFeature Numedal
surface form: Numedal valley
hasHistoricActivity silver mining
hasIndustry Kongsberg Gruppen
defence systems
high-technology manufacturing
maritime technology
hasLandmark Kongsberg Church
Kongsberg Silver Mines
Norwegian Mining Museum
hasMunicipalCouncil Kongsberg municipality
surface form: Kongsberg municipal council
hasMuseum Norwegian Mining Museum
hasNynorskOrBokmålForm Bokmål
hasPostalCodePrefix 3611
hasRailConnection Sørlandet Line
hasReligiousBuilding Kongsberg Church
hasRiver Numedalslågen
hasTransport Norwegian National Road 134
Norwegian National Road 40
historicalRegion Buskerud
knownFor defense industry
silver mines
technology industry
languageOfficial Norwegian
locatedIn Eastern Norway
Viken county
partOf Kingdom of Norway
settlementType town
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
wasMajorMiningTownInCentury 17th century
18th century

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Viken county contains municipality of Kongsberg
Kongsberg governingBody municipality of Kongsberg
this entity surface form: Kongsberg municipal council