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=adm2nd

munwebpage=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 of Oslo.

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 by Indre Østfoldbanen. In addition, Hobøl municipality consists of the village of Knapstad, Ringvoll and the middle part of the municipality which is just called Hobøl.

Hobøl was a suggested site for the new airport to replace Fornebu, and in 1972 the Norwegian parliament actually had decided to build it there. The oil crisis postponed this, and the new airport eventually wound up being built at Gardermoen 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 in meanders.