Aurland Municipality

E406031

local government area municipality

Aurland Municipality is a scenic local government area in western Norway, known for its dramatic fjord landscapes, including parts of the UNESCO-listed Nærøyfjord.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Aurland Municipal Council	2
Aurland Municipality canonical	2
Aurland municipality	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3579298 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Aurland Municipality
Context triple: [Vestland, containsMunicipality, Aurland Municipality]

A. Evenes Municipality
Evenes Municipality is a small coastal municipality in Nordland county, Norway, known for its scenic fjord landscapes and proximity to the Ofotfjord.
B. Årdal Municipality
Årdal Municipality is a local government area in western Norway known for its fjord landscape and hydroelectric-based industry.
C. Kautokeino Municipality
Kautokeino Municipality is a large, sparsely populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county in northern Norway, known for its significant Sámi population and culture.
D. Kinn Municipality
Kinn Municipality is a coastal municipality in western Norway known for its rugged coastline, fishing communities, and maritime industries.
E. Ullensvang Municipality
Ullensvang Municipality is a scenic local government area in Vestland county, Norway, known for its fjords, fruit orchards, and historic Hardanger region landscapes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Aurland Municipality
Target entity description: Aurland Municipality is a scenic local government area in western Norway, known for its dramatic fjord landscapes, including parts of the UNESCO-listed Nærøyfjord.

A. Evenes Municipality
Evenes Municipality is a small coastal municipality in Nordland county, Norway, known for its scenic fjord landscapes and proximity to the Ofotfjord.
B. Årdal Municipality
Årdal Municipality is a local government area in western Norway known for its fjord landscape and hydroelectric-based industry.
C. Kautokeino Municipality
Kautokeino Municipality is a large, sparsely populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county in northern Norway, known for its significant Sámi population and culture.
D. Kinn Municipality
Kinn Municipality is a coastal municipality in western Norway known for its rugged coastline, fishing communities, and maritime industries.
E. Ullensvang Municipality
Ullensvang Municipality is a scenic local government area in Vestland county, Norway, known for its fjords, fruit orchards, and historic Hardanger region landscapes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	local government area ⓘ municipality ⓘ
administrativeCentre	Aurlandsvangen NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders	Hol Municipality ⓘ Lærdal Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulvik Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Vik Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Voss Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Aurlandsdalen valley ⓘ Aurlandsfjord NERFINISHED ⓘ Aurlandsvangen NERFINISHED ⓘ Flåm ⓘ Flåm Railway ⓘ surface form: Flåmsbana railway line Gudvangen NERFINISHED ⓘ Lærdal Tunnel western entrance area ⓘ Nærøyfjord ⓘ Stegastein viewpoint ⓘ Undredal ⓘ part of European route E16 ⓘ
country	Norway ⓘ
governedBy	Aurland Municipality self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aurland Municipal Council
hasCoatOfArms	Aurland coat of arms ⓘ
hasCoatOfArmsMotive	goat horns ⓘ
hasFjord	Aurlandsfjord NERFINISHED ⓘ Nærøyfjord ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.aurland.kommune.no/ ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction	Flåm Railway ⓘ surface form: Flåmsbana railway Stegastein viewpoint ⓘ
hasTouristVillage	Flåm ⓘ Gudvangen NERFINISHED ⓘ Undredal ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Nærøyfjord ⓘ
hasValley	Aurlandsdalen valley ⓘ surface form: Aurlandsdalen
knownFor	Flåm Railway ⓘ surface form: Flåmsbana tourist railway cruise tourism ⓘ dramatic fjord landscapes ⓘ hiking ⓘ tourism ⓘ
languageForm	Nynorsk ⓘ
locatedIn	Vestland county NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Norway ⓘ
partOf	Sogn region ⓘ surface form: Sogn district West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord ⓘ surface form: West Norwegian Fjords UNESCO World Heritage Site
region	Scandinavia ⓘ
subdivisionType	municipality of Norway ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Vestland → containsMunicipality → Aurland Municipality ⓘ

Flåm Railway terminus at Flåm → locatedIn → Aurland Municipality ⓘ

Flåm → locatedIn → Aurland Municipality ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aurland municipality

Flåm → administrativeTerritory → Aurland Municipality ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aurland municipality

Aurland → governedBy → Aurland Municipality ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aurland Municipal Council

Aurland Municipality → governedBy → Aurland Municipality self-linksurface differs ⓘ