Ås (municipality)

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Ås municipality
Ås (Norway)
Ås
Ås
Basic data
Commune number : 3021
Province  (county) : Viken
Coordinates : 59 ° 40 ′  N , 10 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 40 ′  N , 10 ° 48 ′  E
Surface: 102.68 km²
Residents: 20,439  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 199 inhabitants per km²
Language form : Neutral
Website:
politics
Mayor : Ola Nordal  ( Arbeiderpartiet ) (2015)
Location in the province of Viken
Location of the municipality in the province of Viken

Ås is a municipality in the Follo region in the Norwegian Fylke Viken .

Ås, 35 kilometers south of Oslo , borders the municipalities of Oppegård and Ski to the north and east , Hobøl and Vestby to the south and Frogn to the west . There are three parishes in Ås: Kroer , Ås and Nordby . Just over half of the approximately 18,000 inhabitants are concentrated in the center of the municipality, Tettsted Ås , where 8534 people live. The next larger settlements are Togrenda with 2909 inhabitants and the Åser part of Ski with 1623 inhabitants.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows three standing silver stone symbols - two pointed stones above one. The municipal coat of arms was designed by Truls Nygaard and approved by royal resolution dated July 23, 1982. This symbolizes a 7000 year old archaeological find from the Stone Age. In 1879 flint axes and other tools from the hunting culture were found at Nøstvedter Hof (Nøstvedt gård) . The number of stones represents the three parishes Ås, Nordby and Kroer. The silver color symbolizes the flint in the ax.

history

The first settlements go back to the older Stone Age around 9000 years ago. An archaeological find at Nøstvedter Hof in 1879 produced material from this period and gave the name to a tool, the Nøstvet ax , and an entire culture, the Nøstvet culture . Since 1838, with the exception of a change to the west near Frogn in 1969, the parish boundaries have barely shifted.

Nature and climate

The highest point is the Nøstvetmarka with 172 meters. The topography is characterized by an open, undulating agricultural landscape, which alternates with some wooded ridges. There are no other large contiguous forest areas in Ås, the largest can be found in the far north on the border with Oppegård and in the far south on the border with Vestby. A moraine ridge stretches from Åser Station in an east-west direction through the entire municipality. The landscape is also crossed by a moraine ridge north of Årungen via Nordby kirke to Ski stasjon . In addition to Årungen , the largest bodies of water in the municipality also include Gjersjøen , Pollevannet and Østensjøvannet .

The climate is characterized by warm and dry summers and relatively cold winters. The average annual temperature is 5.5 ° C. It is coldest in January and February with −4.8 ° C, and the warmest in July with 16.1 ° C. The average rainfall is 785 millimeters. In October the highest precipitation values ​​are measured at around 100 mm, in February the lowest at 35 mm.

Economy and Transport

Most jobs are related to administration, education, research and commerce. Unlike other municipalities in the region, Ås can meet its own labor needs. In the Follo region there is otherwise a large amount of commuting between the municipalities.

University of Environmental and Life Sciences

The municipality is the seat of the University of Environmental and Life Sciences ( Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet , NMBU for short), where around 2,200 students and 800 employees study and work. There are also a number of national research institutes in the municipality - such as Skogforsk , Avaforsk , Matforsk , Jordforsk , Planetforsk and the “Norwegian Institute for Earth and Forest Surveys(Norsk Institutt for Jord- og Skogkartlegging) . The Bioparken research park serves the development of commercial enterprises in the organic sector.

In the north of the municipality is Vinterbro Senteret , one of the largest shopping centers in Akerhus . In Vinterbro there is also the amusement park TusenFryd with over 30 attractions and almost 500,000 visitors annually. The park is Norway's largest employer for summer jobs. 750 seasonal workers and 39 permanent employees work there. Together with the industrial area Vinterbro Næringspark , the north in the area around Vinterbro forms an economic focus of the municipality.

The European routes 6 and 18 and the Østfoldbanen railway line run through the municipality . Regional trains run regularly to Oslo and Moss . There are bus connections to Oslo, Ski, Drøbak , Mysen and Stockholm . The Norwegian capital can be reached in 28 minutes by bus.

Twin cities

Ås maintains town twinning with:

Buildings

Da Vinci Bridge in Ås

The Leonardo da Vinci Bridge is a modern pedestrian bridge over the E18.

The bridge was built in 2001 on the initiative of the Norwegian artist Vebjørn Sand, based on plans by the Italian Renaissance artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519).

Leonardo da Vinci had proposed the construction to Sultan Bayezid II in 1502 for crossing the Golden Horn . The current bridge was built on a reduced scale.

Web links

Commons : Ås  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
  2. Statistisk sentralbyrå: Tall om Ås kommune ( Memento from February 23, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 24, 2010 (Norwegian)
  3. Statistisk sentralbyrå: 1 Tettsteder. Folkemengde og areal, etter kommune (January 1, 2009) (Norwegian), originally accessed on September 24, 2010 ( Memento from August 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. Ås kommune: Kommunevåpen for Ås kommune , accessed on September 24, 2010 (Norwegian)
  5. a b c d e f g Ås kommune: Fakta om Ås kommune ( Memento from August 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 24, 2010 (Norwegian)
  6. a b c Store Norske Leksikon: Ås kommune , accessed on September 24, 2010 (Norwegian)
  7. Ås Kommune : Nyttige lenker i Ås ( Memento of August 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 24, 2010 (Norwegian)