Indre Østfold

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the Indre Østfold commune
Indre Østfold (Norway)
Indre Østfold
Indre Østfold
Basic data
Commune number : 3014
Province  (county) : Viken
Administrative headquarters: Askim
Coordinates : 59 ° 35 '  N , 11 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 35 '  N , 11 ° 10'  E
Height : 133 moh.
Surface: 791.93 km²
Residents: 44,792  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 57 inhabitants per km²
Language form : Bokmål
Website:
traffic
Street: Europastraße 18
Railway connection: Indre Østfoldbanen
politics
Mayor : Saxe Frøshaug  ( Sp ) (2019)
Location in the province of Viken
Location of the municipality in the province of Viken

Indre Østfold is a Norwegian municipality in the province ( Fylke ) Viken , which has existed since January 1, 2020. It is made up of the former municipalities Askim , Eidsberg , Hobøl , Spydeberg and Trøgstad and has 44,792 inhabitants (as of February 27, 2020). The administrative seat is Askim in the former municipality of the same name.

geography

Indre Østfold borders the municipalities of Lillestrøm , Aurskog-Høland , Marker , Rakkestad , Skiptvet , Våler , Vestby , Ås , Nordre Follo and Enebakk . In addition to the town of Askim, the municipality also includes the towns of Mysen, Trømborg, Jansberg, Slitu, Spydeberg, Tomter, Ringvoll, Skjønhaug, Hamnås and Haiås, all of which count as Tettsteder .

The terrain is hilly and the highest point is Viktjernhøgda with a height of 331  moh. To the north of Indre Østfold is the southern part of Lake Øyeren , from where Norway's longest river, the Glomma , continues to flow through the municipality.

As in many municipalities in Viken , the official written language is Bokmål , i.e. the more widespread of the two Norwegian language forms.

The European route 18 runs through Indre Østfold , which among other things provides the connection to Oslo . In addition, the Østfoldbanen tracks run through the municipality. When merging, there were a total of seven stations in Indre Østfold.

history

The merger of the five municipalities was decided by the Norwegian parliament, the Storting , in June 2017 as part of the nationwide municipal reform , after the government proposed this in February 2017. The proposal initially only included four municipalities, but Parliament's municipal committee added Trøgstad. The storting's decision was one of eleven cases in which parliament acted against the will of the municipalities. The name of the new municipality was announced in October 2017 by the then municipal minister Jan Tore Sanner . In order to avoid the duplication of street names, about 100 streets had to be renamed.

The first joint local election took place in September 2019. The number of municipal councils was reduced from 133 in the individual municipalities to 45. The election was won by the Senterpartiet under mayoral candidate Saxe Frøshaug, who had started a campaign of signatures before the Storting decision to prevent the amalgamation of the municipalities.

economy

The agricultural production in the area of ​​the former municipality Hobøl is most important for the local economy. Around 30 percent of the Indre Østfold area was used for agricultural purposes in 2019. The forestry plays an important role and in 2018 approximately 224,000 cubic meters of wood were harvested. The main industry in the municipality is food production , with several larger companies operating in this branch.

Three hydropower plants are operated on the Glomma , including the Solbergfoss power plant . The other two power plants are on the Lekumelva, a tributary of the Glomma.

Web links

Commons : Indre Østfold  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
  2. ↑ Tettsteders following og areal. In: ssb.no. Statistisk sentralbyrå, November 4, 2019, accessed August 11, 2020 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ Høyeste fjelltopp i hver commune. September 1, 2015, accessed August 11, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  4. ↑ Indre Østfold commune. In: Norgeskart. Kartverket, accessed August 11, 2020 (Norwegian).
  5. ↑ Forskrift om målvedtak i Kommunar og fylkeskommunar (målvedtaksforskrifta). In: Lovdata. January 6, 2020, accessed August 11, 2020 (Norwegian).
  6. ↑ Indre Østfold Kommune 2020. (PDF) In: viken2020.no. Retrieved October 11, 2019 (Norwegian).
  7. ↑ a b NTB: Fem sierendenlåtte Østfold-kommuner har fått nytt navn. Retrieved October 11, 2019 (Norwegian).
  8. ↑ Om project. Indre Østfold kommune, accessed on October 11, 2019 (Norwegian).
  9. ↑ Vilde Elgaaen: To par kommuner deler fortsatt navn etter commune reforms. September 24, 2019, accessed on October 11, 2019 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  10. ↑ Politics - Indre Østfold kommune 2020. In: Indre Østfold kommune. Retrieved October 11, 2019 (Norwegian).
  11. ↑ Christian Nicolai Bjørke: Saxe Frøshaug (Sp) scal skape storkommunen han ikke ville ha. September 12, 2019, accessed on October 11, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  12. ↑ Geir Thorsnæs: Indre Østfold . In: Store norske leksikon . July 29, 2020 (Norwegian, snl.no [accessed August 11, 2020]).