- Hobøl
Infobox_Kommune
name=Hobøl
idnumber=0138
county=Østfold
landscape=Smaalenene
capital=Elvestad
governor=Kjell Håvard Jensen (FrP)
governor_as_of=2007
arearank=365
area=140
arealand=139
areapercent=0.04
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=214
population=4,504
populationpercent=0.10
populationdensity=32
populationincrease=13.4
language=Neutral
lat_deg=59| lat_min=35| lat_sec=35| lon_deg=10| lon_min=56| lon_sec=45
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6607716 |utm_easting=0609858| geo_cat=adm2ndmunwebpage=www.hobol.kommune.no
Hobøl is a municipality in the county of Østfold,
Norway . Its administrative center is Elvestad.Hobøl is situated about 40 km south-east ofOslo .The parish of "Haabøl" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ).The largest village in Hobøl is
Tomter , which has a railway station which is served byIndre Østfoldbanen . In addition, Hobøl municipality consists of the village ofKnapstad ,Ringvoll and the middle part of the municipality which is just calledHobøl .Hobøl was a suggested site for the new airport to replace
Fornebu , and in1972 the Norwegian parliament actually had decided to build it there. The oil crisis postponed this, and the new airport eventually wound up being built atGardermoen north of Oslo.The name
The municipality (originally the parish) in named after the old farm Hobøl (Norse "Hóbœli"), since the first church was built here. The first element is "hór/hár" 'high'. The last element is "bœli" n 'farm'. Thus 'the farm lying on a high ground'.
Until 1889 the name was written "Haabøl".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1985). It shows the river
Hobølelva , which runs inmeander s.
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