Editing Langesund (section)

{{short description|Town in Bamble, Norway}}
{{Infobox settlement
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|image_skyline          = Norwegen 06 - Langesund.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the town
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|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]] 
|subdivision_name1      = [[Eastern Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]] 
|subdivision_name2      = [[Telemark]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Grenland]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Bamble Municipality]]
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|established_date1      = 1765
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|population_demonym     = Langesunder<br />Langesundar
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|postal_code            = 3970 Langesund
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|name                   = Langesund
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|official_name          = Langesund ladested
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|district               = Grenland
|capital                = Langesund
|established            = 1 Jan 1838
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|disestablished         = 1 Jan 1964
|succeeded              = [[Bamble Municipality]]
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{{Audio|Langesund.ogg|'''Langesund'''}} is the [[administrative centre]] of [[Bamble Municipality]] in [[Telemark]] county, [[Norway]]. The town is located on a peninsula along the [[Langesundsfjorden]] near the [[Skaggerak]] coast. The town of [[Stathelle]] lies about {{convert|4|km}} to the northwest. The {{convert|0.88|km2|acre|adj=on}}<ref name="NLF">{{Cite book |last=Helland |first=Amund |url=https://runeberg.org/norgeslof/8-2/0223.html |title=VIII. Bratsberg Amt. Anden del |publisher=H. Aschehoug & Company |year=1900 |series=Norges land og folk |location=Kristiania, Norway |page=211 |language=no |chapter=Langesund ladested |access-date=2023-09-20}}</ref> town was established as a [[ladested]] in 1765 and on 1 January 1838 it became a self-governing municipality. In 1964, it became part of [[Bamble Municipality]].<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Langesund |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Langesund |date=2022-07-04 |editor-last=Lundbo |editor-first=Sten |language=no |accessdate=2023-09-19}}</ref>

For a long time, Langesund and neighboring [[Stathelle]] have been grouped together as part of the [[Porsgrunn/Skien]] metropolitan area and because of this, the population and area data for this town has not been separately tracked by [[Statistics Norway]]. What is tracked, is the portion of the metropolitan area located in [[Bamble Municipality]]. In 2022, the Langesund/Stathelle area in Bamble measured {{convert|6.34|km2|acre}} and together they had a population of 10,276 with a [[population density]] of {{convert|1622|PD/km2}}.<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2022-01-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/beftett/aar}}</ref>

It is possible to visit the remains of the old Coastal Fortress on Langesundstangen on the extreme end of the Langesund peninsula. The fort was established during the [[Second World War]] by [[Nazi Germany]] and later used by the Norwegian Coastal Artillery and [[Home Guard (Norway)|Home Guard]] until 1993.

Langesund is one of the most celebrated summer towns in [[Norway]] because of the large number of sunny days. It is also well known for Wrightegaarden, a building that hosts outdoor concerts every weekend the whole summer. Artists like [[Bob Dylan]], [[A-ha]], [[Elton John]] and [[Little Richard]] have played in Wrightegaarden. Langesund marks the border between [[Ytre Oslofjord]] and [[Skagerrak]].