Porsgrunn is a town and the administrative centre of Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is located at the mouth of the Porsgrunn river where it joins the Frierfjorden. The town of Skien lies immediately to the north of the town of Porsgrunn. The town of Brevik lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the south of Porsgrunn, just north of the village of Heistad. The European route E18 highway passes through the southern part of the town of Porsgrunn.
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The town is part of the Porsgrunn/Skien metropolitan area, so Statistics Norway does not track the population of the town separately. The portion of the urban area within Porsgrunn Municipality is 21.06-square-kilometre (5,200-acre) and it has a population (2025) of 34,953 and a population density of 1,660 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,300/sq mi).
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Towns around Porsgrunn
- Skien8.1 km N
- Larvik24 km SE
- Sandefjord32 km E
- Tønsberg45 km E
- Horten56 km NE
- Kongsberg59 km N
- Moss66 km NE
- Fredrikstad73 km E
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