Aurskog-Høland

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	Aurskog-Høland
Basic data
Commune number :	3026
Province  (county) :	Viken
Administrative headquarters:	Bjørkelangen
Coordinates :	59 ° 50 ′  N , 11 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 50 ′  N , 11 ° 34 ′  E
Surface:	1,144.8 km²
Residents:	17,390  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	15 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	Bokmål
Website:	aurskog-holand.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Gudbrand Kvaal  ( Sp ) (2019)
Location in the province of Viken

Aurskog-Høland is a Norwegian municipality in Fylke Viken with 17,390 inhabitants (as of February 27, 2020). The administrative headquarters are in Bjørkelangen.

Localities

Before the incorporation of Rømskog there were five villages with over 200 inhabitants ( tettsteder ) in the area of ​​the municipality of Aurskog-Høland :

• Aursmoen
• Bjørkelangen
• Hemnes
• Løken
• Momoen

history

The municipality of Aurskog-Høland was formed on January 1, 1966 from the four municipalities of Aurskog , Setskog , Søndre Høland and Nordre Høland .

The municipality of Rømskog was incorporated on January 1, 2020 .

Town twinning

Sister towns of Aurskog-Høland are Kumla in Sweden and Frederikssund in Denmark.

Web links

Commons : Aurskog-Høland  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aurskog-Høland in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
2. ↑ Navn på nye kommuner. February 19, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 (Norwegian). 
3. ^ Website of the municipality