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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox kommune | name = Sarpsborg | idnumber = 3105 | image_skyline = Sarpsborg station and town centre from north (2).jpg | image_caption = Parts of Sarpsborg | county = Østfold | capital = Sarpsborg | language = [[Bokmål]] | coatofarms = Sarpsborg komm.svg | demonym = Sarping | munwebpage = www.sarpsborg.com | mayor = Magnus Arnesen | mayor_party = [[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]] | mayor_as_of = 2023 | area_rank = 238 | area_total_km2 = 406 | area_land_km2 = 370 | area_water_percent = 0.13 | population_as_of = 31 December 2022 | population_rank = 13 | population_total = 59,038{{increase}} | populationpercent = 1.06 | population_density_km2 = 134 | population_increase = 6.6 | coordinates = {{coord|59|17|09|N|11|06|43|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}} | utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6574511 | utm_easting = 0625486 | geo_cat = adm2nd }} '''Sarpsborg''' ({{IPA|no|ˈsɑ̀ʂbɔr|pron}} <small>or</small> {{IPA|no|ˈsɑ̀rpsbɔrɡ|}}), historically '''Borg''', is a [[List of cities in Norway|city]] and [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Østfold]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of the fifth [[List of continuously built-up areas in Norway by population|largest urban area in Norway]] when paired with neighbouring [[Fredrikstad]]. As of 1 January 2018, according to [[Statistics Norway]] these two municipalities have a total population of 136,127 with 55,840 in Sarpsborg and 81,278 in Fredrikstad.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/folkemengde/kvartal|title=Population 1 January and population changes until now this year. The whole country, counties and municipalities|date=22 August 2018|work=Statistics Norway|access-date=15 October 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327092415/https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/folkemengde/kvartal|url-status=live}}</ref> Statistics for 2021, say that the city has a population where 19% of the children belong to families that have "low-income in the long-term"; that is the highest level for a city (in Norway); the national level is 11.3%.<ref>https://www.nrk.no/norge/9--og-12-aringane-hennar-er-for-gamle-_-aleinemor-gar-glipp-av-15000-kronar-i-barnetrygd-1.16399457 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506163718/https://www.nrk.no/norge/9--og-12-aringane-hennar-er-for-gamle-_-aleinemor-gar-glipp-av-15000-kronar-i-barnetrygd-1.16399457 |date=6 May 2023 }}. [[NRK]].no. Retrieved 2023-05-06</ref>
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