Aurskog-Høland

Aurskog-Høland

Infobox_Kommune
name=Aurskog-Høland
idnumber=0221
county=Akershus
landscape=Romerike
capital=Bjørkelangen
governor=Jan Mærli (Ap)
governor_as_of=2007
arearank=111
area=962
arealand=894
areapercent=0.30
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=79
population=13,199
populationpercent=0.29
populationdensity=15
populationincrease=7.3
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=59| lat_min=50| lat_sec=24| lon_deg=11| lon_min=34| lon_sec=6
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6636398 |utm_easting=0643935| geo_cat=adm2nd


munwebpage=www.aurskog-holand.kommune.no

Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway. It is the biggest municipality in Akershus, covering 967 km².

The new municipality Aurskog-Høland was created January 1, 1966 - after the merger of the four old municipalities of Aurskog, Nordre Høland, Søndre Høland and Setskog.

Geography

Main villages are Aurskog and Bjørkelangen, of which the latter one is the administrative center. Wood covers the lot of the area, but there is very good farmland as well. The rivers Haldenvassdraget and Hølandselva run through the district.

Economy

An important printing office, [http://www.pdctangen.no PDC Tangen AS] and a crushing mill are situated here. Oslo is less than one hour's drive to the west.

The Think electric car is manufactured in Aurskog.

The name

The municipalities of Aurskog, Setskog, Nordre Høland and Søndre Høland (the latter two formerly constituted Høland) were joined together January 1, 1966.

Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is from modern times (1983). It shows a crawfish - a species that is plentiful within the municipality.

References


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