Kråkstad

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Kråkstad
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Kråkstad (Norway)
Kråkstad
Kråkstad
Basic data
Country Norway
Province  (fylke) Viken
Municipality  (commune) : Nordre Follo
Coordinates : 59 ° 41 ′  N , 10 ° 53 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 41 ′  N , 10 ° 53 ′  E
Residents : 1,083 (2019)
Area : 0.57 km²
Population density : 1900 inhabitants per km²
Height : 103  moh.
traffic
Street: Europastraße 18
Railway connection: Østfoldbanen

Kråkstad is a village in the Norwegian municipality of Nordre Follo , located in the province ( Fylke ) Viken . The place has 1083 inhabitants (as of 2019) and formed its own municipality until 1964.

geography

Kråkstad is a so-called Tettsted , i.e. a settlement that is counted as one area for statistical purposes. The place is southeast of the city of Ski and about 30 kilometers south of Oslo in the former province of Akershus . The Kråkstadelva flows through the village. The European route 18 (E18) leads past Kråkstad in the south , which connects to Oslo. In the north of the village there is a train station, which is served by trains on the Østfoldbanen .

history

In 1837 the municipality of Kråkstad was founded. This lasted until 1964 when the municipality of Kråkstad became part of Ski municipality . This was dissolved as part of the nationwide municipal reform at the end of 2019 and Kråkstad has been part of the Nordre Follo municipality, which was founded on January 1, 2020.

In 1882, after the railway line from Ski to Sarpsborg was built, Kråkstad station opened. The station is now a listed building. Kråkstad kirke church was built in 1150.

Surname

The place was mentioned around the year 1300 as "Krakustadir", "Krakostadir" and "Krakastadir". The name is made up of the two parts "Kráka" and "stad", the former being derived from the river name "Kráka". This in turn comes from the name for crows .

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tettsteders following og areal. Statistisk sentralbyrå , December 4, 2019, accessed July 15, 2020 (Norwegian).
  2. ↑ Kråkstad. In: Norgeskart. Kartverket , accessed July 19, 2020 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ a b Kråkstad. Bane NOR, accessed July 19, 2020 (Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Geir Thorsnæs, Svein Askheim: Kråkstad . In: Store norske leksikon . June 6, 2020 (Norwegian, snl.no [accessed July 19, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Kråkstad stasjon. Bane NOR Eiendom, accessed July 19, 2020 (Norwegian).
  6. ↑ Kråkstad church. In: Kirkesøk - Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Norwegian).
  7. ↑ Kråkstad. In: Norsk stadnamnleksikon. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Nynorsk in Norwegian).