Langangen is a village in Porsgrunn Municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located in the far eastern part of the municipality, just before the border with neighboring Larvik Municipality, about to the southeast of the town of Porsgrunn. Langangen has its own elementary school and Langangen Church. The village has a population (2022) of 465 and a

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of . The

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highway historically passed through the middle of the village, but in 1979 the road was re-routed over a new Langangen bridge further to the north.

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* Porsgrunn Villages in Telemark {{telemark-geo-stub