Grenland

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Grenland is a landscape in the coastal parts of the Norwegian province Vestfold og Telemark and includes the four municipalities Bamble , Porsgrunn , Skien and Siljan . Parts of Nome , especially the village of Holla and the Vestmar region to the west, are sometimes included.

The landscape has 101,539 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2008) and covers 1,462 km². The cities of Langesund , Stathelle , Brevik , Porsgrunn and Skien together have 85,812 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2007) and form Norway's seventh largest contiguous settlement area, for which both the names Grenlandsbyen and Porsgrunn / Skien are in use.

The term Grenland for Lower Telemark has been around since the Middle Ages. The name comes from the ancient people of the Grener . A historical figure from Grenland was Harald Grenske .

Grenland is Norway's largest industrial area and the center of the petrochemical industry.