Narvik

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port city town

Narvik is a port town in northern Norway known for its strategic importance during World War II and as the site of major naval and land battles.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Narvik area 1
Port of Narvik 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf port city ⓘ
town ⓘ
connectedTo Swedish railway network ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
elevation sea level ⓘ
hasAttraction Narvikfjellet ski resort ⓘ
war history museums ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity logistics ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature deep-water port ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Allied evacuation June 1940 ⓘ
Allied recapture May 1940 ⓘ
German invasion April 1940 ⓘ
hasLatitudeApprox 68.4 N ⓘ
hasLongitudeApprox 17.4 E ⓘ
hasMunicipalityStatus Narvik Municipality ⓘ
hasPopulationRange 20000-30000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasPortType ice-free port ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 8500 ⓘ
hasRegionCode NO-1806 ⓘ
hasTransport port ⓘ
railway ⓘ
road connections ⓘ
isServedBy Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes ⓘ
Narvik railway station ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Narvik ⓘ
iron ore export ⓘ
strategic importance in World War II ⓘ
languageUsed Norwegian ⓘ
locatedIn Nordland ⓘ
Northern Norway ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Ofotfjord ⓘ
partOf Ofoten district ⓘ
receivesIronOreFrom Gällivare ⓘ
Kiruna ⓘ
strategicFor control of iron ore shipments ⓘ
terminusOf Ofoten Line ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
wasContestedBy Allied forces ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
wasOccupiedDuring World War II ⓘ
wasSiteOf land battles in 1940 ⓘ
naval battles in 1940 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Nordland → hasCity → Narvik ⓘ
Nordland → hasMunicipality → Narvik ⓘ
Ofotfjord → hasPort → Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Narvik
Battle of Narvik → location → Narvik ⓘ
Northern Norway → majorCity → Narvik ⓘ
Ofotfjord → nearestCity → Narvik ⓘ
this entity surface form: Narvik area