Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad^? (previously Frederiksstad) (literally Fredrik's Toun) is a ceety an municipality in Østfold coonty, Norawa. The admeenistrative centre o the municipality is the ceety o Fredrikstad.

The ceety o Fredrikstad wis foondit in 1567 bi Keeng Frederick II, an established as a municipality on 1 Januar 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality o Glemmen wis mergit wi Fredrikstad on 1 Januar 1964. The rural municipalities o Borge, Onsøy, Kråkerøy, an Rolvsøy wur mergit wi Fredrikstad on 1 Januar 1994.

The ceety straddles the river Glomma whaur it meets the Skagerrak. Alang wi neighborin Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad forms the fift lairgest ceety in Norawa: Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg. As o 1 Januar 2008, accordin tae Statistics Norway, these twa municipalities hae a total population o 123,029 wi 71,976 in Fredrikstad an 51,053 in Sarpsborg.

Table o contents

1 Internaitional relations
- 1.1 Twin touns — sister ceeties
2 References
- 2.1 Footnotes

Internaitional relations [edit]

See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Norawa

Twin touns — sister ceeties [edit]

The follaein ceeties are twinned wi Fredrikstad:^[1]

Ceety	Region	Kintra
Aalborg	24px North Denmark Region	Denmark
Húsavík	Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla	Iceland
Kotka	Kymenlaakso	Finland
Karlskoga	Örebro	Swaden
Patzún	Chimaltenango	Guatemala
San Martín Jilotepeque	Chimaltenango	Guatemala
Zhuzhou	Hunan	Cheenae