Ask (Gjerdrum)

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Basic data
Country Norway
Province  (fylke) Viken
Municipality  (commune) : Gjerdrum
Coordinates : 60 ° 4 ′  N , 11 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 4 ′  N , 11 ° 2 ′  E
Residents : 1,967 (2012)
Area : 1.54 km²
Population density : 1277 inhabitants per km²
Height : 180  moh.
Ask in the center of the picture, 2008
Ask in the center of the picture, 2008

Ask is a village in the Norwegian municipality of Gjerdrum in the province ( Fylke ) Viken . The place represents the administrative center of Gjerdrum.

geography

Ask is located in the geographical center of the municipality of Gjerdrum, which is located in the northeast of Oslo . Fylkesvei 120, which runs north-south through Gjerdrum, runs through the village. Fylkesvei 1542 branches off in Ask and provides the connection to Ullensaker . Both roads also provide a connection to European route 6 (E6). The town of Grønlund is a little northwest of Ask .

population

Until 2013, Ask was a so-called Tettsted , i.e. a settlement that is counted as a place for statistical purposes. In the statistics for 2012, the place was listed with 1967 inhabitants, the neighboring Grønlund with 2392. Since 2013, the two places are rated as one Tettsted. This is called Grønlund and has 5108 inhabitants (as of 2020).

story

Until the end of 2019, Ask was part of what was then Akershus Province . As part of the regional reform in Norway, this was transferred to the newly formed Fylke Viken.

On December 30, 2020, a landslide destroyed several residential buildings in Ask. Seven bodies had been recovered by January 4, 2021.

Web links

Commons : Ask  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ask. In: Norgeskart. Kartverket, accessed December 30, 2020 (Norwegian).
  2. ↑ 1 Tettsteder. Folkemengde og areal, etter commune. January 1, 2012. Statistisk sentralbyrå , September 6, 2012, accessed December 30, 2020 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ Tettsteders befolkning og areal, January 1, 2020. Statistisk sentralbyrå , October 6, 2020, accessed on December 30, 2020 (Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet: Nye kommune- og fylkesnummer fra 2020. In: regjeringen.no. October 27, 2017, accessed December 30, 2020 (Norwegian).
  5. ↑ Daniel Røed Johansen, Lars Inge Staveland, Marianne Stensland, Fredrik Thoresen Hager: Flere personer savnet etter interferes Skred i Gjerdrum. Ingen ble varslet i forkant. In: Aftenposten. December 30, 2020, accessed December 30, 2020 (Norwegian).
  6. ^ More dead recovered in Ask. In: zeit.de. January 4, 2021, accessed January 4, 2021 .