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is a town

List of cities in Norway

This is a list of cities in Norway.The Norwegian name for city is by. Cities were formerly categorized as kj?pstad or ladested , each with special city rights....
and a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Østfold

Østfold

is a Counties of Norway in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of Viken....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Askim. Askim was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norway local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Charles XIV John of Sweden on 14 January 1837....
).

Askim is the largest population centre in Indre Østfold with 14,472 inhabitants (2008). It lies next to the longest river in Norway, Glomma

Glomma

Glomma, also known as Gl?ma is the longest and largest river in Norway, 598 kilometers long. Its drainage basin covers fully 13% of Norway's area, all in the Southern part of Norway....
, which forms the border withSpydeberg

Spydeberg

Spydeberg is a Municipalities of Norway in ?stfold Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Spydeberg....
to the north and west, and Skiptvet

Skiptvet

Skiptvet is a Municipalities of Norway in ?stfold Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Meieribyen....
to the south. Askim also borders Trøgstad

Trøgstad

Tr?gstad is a Municipalities of Norway in ?stfold Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skj?nhaug....
to the northeast and Eidsberg

Eidsberg

Eidsberg is a Municipalities of Norway in ?stfold Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the List of cities in Norway of Mysen....
to the southeast.

Askim produces large amounts of hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by hydropower, i.e., the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water....
at three dam

Dam

A dam is a barrier that Reservoirs surface water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates, levees, and Dike are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions....
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is a town

List of cities in Norway

This is a list of cities in Norway.The Norwegian name for city is by. Cities were formerly categorized as kj?pstad or ladested , each with special city rights....
and a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Østfold

Østfold

is a Counties of Norway in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of Viken....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Formannskapsdistrikt

Glomma

Spydeberg

Spydeberg is a Municipalities of Norway in ?stfold Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Spydeberg....
to the north and west, and Skiptvet

Skiptvet

Trøgstad

Tr?gstad is a Municipalities of Norway in ?stfold Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skj?nhaug....
to the northeast and Eidsberg

Eidsberg

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by hydropower, i.e., the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water....
at three dam

Dam

Solbergfoss

Solbergfoss is a small village in Askim municipality, Norway. Located a few miles north of the town Askim on the east bank of the Glomma river, Solbergfoss has a power plant which was built in 1924....
, Kykkelsrud

Kykkelsrud

Kykkelsrud is a village in Askim municipality, Norway. Located a few kilometres west of the town Askim, it is a part of the urban area of the same name, which has a population of 12,570....
, then Vamma. There was nickel

Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element, with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge....
mining

Mining

Mining is the extraction of value minerals or other geology materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, Sodium chloride and potash....
at Kykkelsrud at the turn of the 20th century. These mines are also one of the few places where "kulenoritt" is found.

An industrial city for most of the 20th century, the main employer, Viking, shut down its rubber

Rubber

Natural rubber is an elastomer?an Elasticity_ hydrocarbon polymer?that was originally derived from a milky colloidal suspension, or latex , found in the sap of some plants....
product manufaction in 1992. Glava is the main employer today.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish

Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
) is named after the old Askim farm (Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Askheimr), since the first church was built here. The first element is askr which means "ash tree

Ash tree

Fraxinus is a genus of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen. The leaf are opposite , and mostly pinnately-compound, simple in a few species....
" and the last element is heim
Heim

Heim is the Germany equivalent of the English word home. It is a common German and Norwegian Affix in place names , and may refer to:* Heim, Norway, a village and former municipality in S?r-Tr?ndelag county...
r which means "home

Home

A home is a place of residence or refuge. It is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and be able to store personal property....
", "homestead

Homestead

Homestead may refer to:...
", or "farm

Farm

A farm is an area of land, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibers and, increasingly, fuel....
".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times. They were granted on 1 November 1963. The arms symbolize the three large waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is usually a geology geologic formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a nickpoint, or sudden break in elevation....
s in the municipality, the Solbergfoss, Kykkelsrudfoss, and Vammafoss. The river

River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
s and waterfalls are also partially harnessed for hydroelectric power.

Transportation

European route E18

File:Blank map of Europe cropped - E18.svgEuropean route E18 runs from Craigavon in the United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg in Russia, passing through Norway, Sweden, and Finland....
used to go through the city centre, however, since the recent upgrade to four-lane highway

Highway

A highway is a main road intended for travel by the public between important destinations, such as city and towns. Highway designs vary widely and can range from a two-lane road without margins to a multi-lane, grade separated freeway....
in 2005, its route now runs outside the centre. Norges Statsbaner

Norges Statsbaner

Norges Statsbaner, commonly known as NSB or the Norwegian State Railways, is a Norway transport company. Owned by the Government of Norway, NSB is the largest passenger railway company and, through the subsidiary Nettbuss, bus company in Norway....
's Eastern Østfold Line serves the municipality with stops at Langnes Station

Langnes Station

Langnes Station is a railway station located at Langnes in Askim, Norway on ?stfoldbanen. The station is served by the Oslo Commuter Rail line 560 from Oslo S during rush hour. The station was opened in 1932....
and Næringsparken

Askim Næringspark Station

Askim N?ringspark Station is a railway station located at Askim, Norway on ?stfoldbanen. The station is served by the Oslo Commuter Rail line 560 from Oslo S during rush hour....
and Askim Station

Askim Station

Askim Station is a railway station located at Askim, Norway on ?stfoldbanen. The station is served by the Oslo Commuter Rail line 560 from Oslo S during rush hour....
in between.

History

Askim has always been a strategic point in wars due to its relative easy crossing of the river. The last battle between Norway and Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
was fought at the crossing over Glomma in 9 August 1814. There is a yearly historical reenactment, as well as a stone monument at Langnes to commerate this event.

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, a battle occurred at Fossum bridge when the Norwegian Army

Norwegian Army

The Norwegian Army is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the Norwegian military....
defended the crossing against invading Germans

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
in April 1940.

Government

The municipal council runs the government of Askim. The 2007 election

Norwegian local elections, 2007

Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on September 10 2007, with some areas polling on September 9 as well....
results are as follows:

Party	% votes	% change	Seats	Change
Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Norwegian Labour Party is a social democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Second cabinet Stoltenberg and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway.... (Ap)	34.6	+11.9	12	+4
Conservatives Conservative Party of Norway The Conservative Party is a Norway political party. Founded in 1884, it is Norway's second oldest party. The current leader is Erna Solberg.... (H)	19.4	-1.8	7	-2
Progress Party Progress Party (Norway) The Progress Party is a Norway political party. It was the second largest political party in Norway following the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005.... (FrP)	19.4	+0.4	7	+1
Christian Democrats (KrF)	6.5	+0.3	2	0
Askimpartiet (ASKIMP)	5.9	-1.2	2	0
Liberals (V)	5.4	+1.2	2	+1
Centre Party Centre Party (Norway) The Centre Party is a Nordic Agrarian parties Norway political party founded in 1920. Until 1959 it bore the name Bondepartiet . The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the great ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralized economic development and political decision-making.... (Sp)	4.7	-3.7	2	-1
Socialist Left Socialist Left Party (Norway) The Socialist Left Party , is a Norway Socialism political party founded in 1975. It currently holds 15 out of 169 seats in the Storting. Kristin Halvorsen is the current leader, and she has been so since 1997.... (SV)	4.1	-2.9	1	-2
Others	0	-2.9	0	-1
Turnout	55.0	+2.2	35	35

Attractions

Askim videregående skole
Askim Golf Course

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned

Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
with Askim: - Huddinge

Huddinge Municipality

Huddinge Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Huddinge, which is a part of Stockholm urban area....
, Stockholm County

Stockholm County

Stockholm County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala County and S?dermanland County....
, Sweden

Sweden

Region Hovedstaden

Region Hovedstaden is an administrative Regions of Denmark of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties of Denmark with five larger regions....
, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
- Nuuk

Nuuk

Nuuk is the Capital and largest city of Greenland, and the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality. It has a population of 15,047 , of whom 11,862 were born in Greenland....
, Nuuk Municipality

Nuuk Municipality

Nuuk Municipality was one of the municipalities of Greenland until 31 December 2008. On 1 January 2009, it was merged with four other former municipalities into the new Sermersooq municipality. The central town is Nuuk....
, Greenland

Greenland

Greenland is a member country of the Kingdom of Denmark located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
- Rapla

Rapla

File:Rapla vald coatofarms.pngRapla is a Populated places in Estonia in central Estonia, the Capital of Rapla County, the administrative centre of the Rapla Commune....
, Rapla County

Rapla County

Rapla County , or Raplamaa, is one of 15 Counties of Estonia of Estonia. It is situated in western part of the country and borders J?rva County to the east, P?rnu County to the south, L??ne County to the west, and Harju County to the north....
, Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
- Seyðisfjörður

Seyðisfjörður

Sey?isfj?r?ur is a small village in the Eastfjords of Iceland at the end of the fjord of the same name. A road over Fjar?arhei?i mountain pass connects Sey?isfj?r?ur to the rest of Iceland; 27km to the ring road and Egilssta?ir....
, Seyðisfjarðarkaupstaður, Iceland

Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
- Vantaa

Vantaa

Vantaa is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area....
, Southern Finland

Southern Finland

The Province of Southern Finland is a Provinces of Finland of Finland. It borders the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also borders the Gulf of Finland and Russia....
, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....

External links

from Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway is the Norway statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1000, Statistics Norway releases more than 800 Norwegian statistical publications every year on its web site....
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