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Enebakk

Enebakk is 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 Akershus

Akershus

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and ?stfold; it has also a short border with Sweden . Akershus is the second largest county by population after Oslo, with more than half a million inhabitants....
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....
. It is part of the Follo

Follo

Follo is one of three Districts of Norway in the county of Akershus, Norway. It is located between Oslo and ?stfold and includes the southwestern part of the county's area east of Oslo, namely the municipalities Frogn, Oppeg?rd, Ski, Norway, Vestby, ?s, Nesodden, and Enebakk ....
traditional region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kirkebygda

Kirkebygda

Kirkebygda is the administrative centre of Enebakk municipality, Norway. As of 2005, its population was 559....
. 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....
of Enebak 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....
).

municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Enebakk 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....
: Ignarbakki), since the first church was built here.

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Enebakk is 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 Akershus

Akershus

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....
. It is part of the Follo

Follo

Districts of Norway

Kirkebygda

Kirkebygda is the administrative centre of Enebakk municipality, Norway. As of 2005, its population was 559....
. The parish

Parish

Formannskapsdistrikt

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Enebakk farm (Old Norse

Old Norse

Genitive case

In grammar, the genitive case or possessive case is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun but it can also indicate various relationships other than possession; certain verbs may take argument in the genitive case; and it may have adverbial uses ....
of a river name Ign (the meaning is unknown) and the last element is bakki which means "river bank

Stream bed

A stream bed is the channel bottom of a stream, river or creek; the physical confine of the normal water flow. The lateral confines or channel margins, during all but flood stage, are known as the stream banks or river banks....
". In Norse times the parish was alternatively called Ignardalr meaning "the valley

Valley

In geology, a valley is a Depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge....
of (the river) Ign". Prior to 1921, the name was written "Enebak".

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 12 December 1986. The arms are based on a drawing in the local church that dates back to the early 17th century. They show four silver crosses on a green background. It is inspired by old mural paintings in the Enebakk church from the Middle Ages. It shows four fourblades. The number four symbolizes the four parts of the municipality (see below).

Geography

Enebakk is divided into four areas, named Flateby

Flateby

Flateby is a village in Enebakk municipality, Norway. Its population is 3,298.References...
(Post number 1911), Kirkebygda (Post number 1912), and Ytre Enebakk

Ytre Enebakk

Ytre Enebakk is a village in the municipality of Enebakk, Norway. Its population is 2,691, and it's located 30 minutes from Oslo. It has a service station, three grocery-stores, and a . The mall was extended during the winter of 2005-2006....
(Post number 1914), being closest to Oslo.

The highest point in Enebakk is Vardåsen, situated between the lakes Børtervann and Øyeren

Øyeren

?yeren is a lake in the Glomma river watershed, southeast of Lillestr?m. It is located within the municipalities of Enebakk, Skedsmo, Fet and R?lingen in Akershus county and Spydeberg and Tr?gstad municipalities in ?stfold county....
, at above sea level.

Enebakk is a mere from the city limits of Oslo

Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
, with easy bus-access to the country's capital. As of 2004, there are no train stations in the municipality.

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 Enebakk: - Hammarö

Hammarö Municipality

Hammar? Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in V?rmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skoghall.The municipality was created from Hammar? parish in 1863, and its territory has not been affected by the great municipal reforms of 1952 and 1971....
, Värmland County

Värmland County

V?rmland County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna County, ?rebro County and V?stra G?taland County, as well as the Norway counties of ?stfold, Akershus and Hedmark to the west....
, 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....

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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