Røyken

Infobox_Kommune
name=Røyken
idnumber=0627
county=Buskerud
landscape=
capital=Røyken
governor=Rune Kjølstad (H)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=378
area=113
arealand=111
areapercent=0.03
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=59
population=17,082
populationpercent=0.37
populationdensity=153
populationincrease=15.2
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=59| lat_min=44| lat_sec=1| lon_deg=10| lon_min=25| lon_sec=44
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6622636 |utm_easting=0580343| geo_cat=adm2nd


munwebpage=www.royken.kommune.no

Røyken Kommune is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway.

The parish of "Røken" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

Oslo ATCC, the Area Control Center for the controlled airspace above Eastern Norway is located here.

Geography

Røyken is located south of Lier, on the northern part of the peninsula Hurumhalvøya, and connects with Asker on the western side and north of Hurum municipality. It lies between Oslofjord and Drammensfjord. It is connected to the eastern side of the Oslofjord via Hurum municipality and the Oslofjord Tunnel. The tunnel is 7.2 km long and connects Hurumhalvøya to Akershus county.

The district includes large amounts of residential zones with beautiful sights of the sea. The administration is situated at the crossroads Midtbygda. Main places are the hamlets Hyggen, Hallenskog, Nærsnes, Røyken, Slemmestad, Spikkestad and Åros. Many people live in the northern part of Bødalen and vicinities, which is a continuous residential area that continues throughout Asker and Bærum to Oslo.

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Røyken (Norse "Raukvin"), since the first church was built here. The first element is "raukr" m 'pile, stack; mountain', the last element is "vin" f 'meadow, pasture'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1967). The figure shows a fire, to represent smoke (which cannot be depicted in heraldry). The background for the motif is a common misunderstanding of the name as "røyken" - the definite form of "røyk" 'smoke'.