- Marker, Norway
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Marker kommune — Municipality — 
Coat of arms
Østfold within
NorwayMarker within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°30′40″N 11°37′42″E / 59.51111°N 11.62833°ECoordinates: 59°30′40″N 11°37′42″E / 59.51111°N 11.62833°E Country Norway County Østfold District Smaalenene Administrative centre Ørje Government - Mayor (2003) Stein Erik Lauvås (Ap) Area - Total 413 km2 (159.5 sq mi) - Land 368 km2 (142.1 sq mi) Area rank 235 in Norway Population (2004) - Total 3,409 - Rank 250 in Norway - Density 9/km2 (23.3/sq mi) - Change (10 years) 2.0 % Demonym Marking[1] Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) ISO 3166 code NO-0119 Official language form Bokmål Website marker.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway This article is about the municipality in Østfold, Norway. For other uses, see Marker (disambiguation).Marker is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørje. Marker was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the two old municipalities of Rødenes and Øymark.
The municipality borders on Aremark, Rakkestad, Eidsberg, and Rømskog municipalities in Østfold county, Aurskog-Høland municipality in Akershus county, and on Sweden. European route E18 goes through the municipality.
The biggest attractions in the municipality are Ørje Fortress and Basmo Fortress. Basmo Fortress lies on an isolated mountain outcropping between the lakes Rødenessjøen and Hemnessjøen in the northwestern part of the municipality.
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General information
Name
The Norse form of the name was Markir which is the plural form of mǫrk f 'woodland, borderland' (see > March).
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 16 April 1982. The arms show two white-colored trunk-hooks on a blue background. They are a type of hook, normally on a long pole, used to drive tree trunks through the rivers. The main economic activity in the municipality is forestry, hence the use of the hooks. The two hooks also represent the two villages (and former municipalities) of Rødenes and Øymark.[2]
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/m/marker.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
External links
Media related to Marker at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Marker- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Østfold travel guide from Wikitravel
- Culture in Marker on the map (Norwegian)
Municipalities of Østfold Categories:- Municipalities of Østfold
- Marker, Norway
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