Nes, Akershus

Nes kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Akershus within Norway
Nes within Akershus
Coordinates: 60°7′51″N 11°29′21″E / 60.13083°N 11.48917°E / 60.13083; 11.48917Coordinates: 60°7′51″N 11°29′21″E / 60.13083°N 11.48917°E / 60.13083; 11.48917
Country	Norway
County	Akershus
District	Romerike
Administrative centre	Årnes
Government
- Mayor (2007)	Oddmar Blekkerud (Ap)
Area
- Total	637 km2 (245.9 sq mi)
- Land	609 km2 (235.1 sq mi)
Area rank	177 in Norway
Population (2006)
- Total	18 022
- Rank	54 in Norway
- Density	28/km2 (72.5/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	14.5 %
Demonym	Nesbu[1]
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0236
Official language form	Bokmål
Website	nes-ak.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Nes church ruins

Svanfossen on the river Vorma, in Fenstad

Seterstøa station in Nes was built in 1862

Gamle Hvam Museum, an old museum farm in Nes

Nes is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Nes farm (Old Norse: Nes which means "headland"), since the first church was built here. The actual nes is the headland made by the two great rivers Glomma and Vorma, which have their meeting point just south of the farm. Prior to 1889, the name was spelled "Næs".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1988. The arms show three yellow logs (to represent forestry) on a green background (to symbolize youth and hope). The position of the logs represents the meeting of the rivers Glomma and Vorma, creating the headland of Nes.^[2]

See also: Coats-of-arms of Søndre Land and Stokke.

History

The parish of Næs was established as a municipality of its own on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

Nes Church ruins, one of Norway's best preserved church ruins from 1100 AD can be found here.

Geography

The municipality is bordering Eidsvoll, Ullensaker, Sørum, and Aurskog-Høland in Akershus county and Eidskog, Sør-Odal, and Nord-Odal in Hedmark county.

Nes includes many natural attractions, such as parts of the river Glomma, as well as 168 lakes. Elk, beaver, wolf, and lynx can be found here. Hunting and sportfishing is very prevalent.

Eight hundred farms make the area one of the largest producers of wheat in the country.

Villages

• Årnes
• Vormsund
• Skogrand
• Aulifeltet
• Neskollen
• Fenstad
• Brårud
• Fjellfoten

References

1. ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/. 
2. ^ "Beskrivelse av kommunevåpenet". Nes kommune. http://www.nes-ak.kommune.no/Modules/theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=2746&Category.ID=7323. Retrieved 2008-12-20.  (Norwegian)

External links

• Media related to Nes at Wikimedia Commons
• The Wiktionary definition of Nes
• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
• Akershus travel guide from Wikitravel
• Tourist information
• Raumnes: newspaper for Nes på Romerike (Norwegian)