Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county , Norway . It is part of the Romerike traditional region . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen . The municipality of Rømskog , in Østfold county was merged into Aurskog-Høland on 1 January 2020.
7-405: The new municipality of Aurskog-Høland was created on 1 January 1966 after the merger of the four old municipalities of Aurskog , Nordre Høland , Søndre Høland , and Setskog . The name Aurskog comes from the old Ør farm ( Old Norse : Aurr which means " gravel "). The last element is skog ( Old Norse : skógr which means " wood " therefore the meaning of the full name is "the woods around
14-531: Is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway . The administrative centre was Aursmoen . Aurskog was the location of the Battle of Toverud . The parish of Urskog was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt ). On 1 July 1919 the district of Blaker was separated to form a municipality of its own. The split left Aurskog with a population of 3.102. On 1 January 1966 Aurskog
21-410: The farm Aurr". Prior to 1918, the name was written "Urskog". The name Høland is an old district name. The first element is høy which means " hay " and the last element is land which means "land". The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 February 1983. The arms show a black European crayfish ( Astacus astacus ) on a gold background. It was derived from an older logo of
28-455: The farm Aurr'. Until 1918 the name was written "Urskog". On the eve of World War II a sudden explosion in the population of Black Throated Divers caused the Trout population to decrease significantly. As a result the municipality deemed the birds "destructive to the regional stability" and initiated a hunt that restored the trout population. In 1939 the town sold a large portion of the excess of
35-655: The latter one is the administrative center. Forests cover much of the area, but there is very good farmland as well. The rivers of Haldenvassdraget and Hølandselva run through the district. An important printing office, PDC Tangen AS and a crushing mill are situated here. Oslo is less than one hour's drive to the west. The Think electric car was manufactured in Aurskog. The following cities are twinned with Aurskog-Høland: Aurskog 59°55′36.35″N 11°28′5.14″E / 59.9267639°N 11.4680944°E / 59.9267639; 11.4680944 Aurskog
42-493: The municipality. The logo showed a typical landscape of the area, a lake surrounded by woods and a crayfish in the lake. To place the whole composition in a shield to create the arms was not allowed according to Norwegian heraldic rules, so the crayfish was chosen as a symbol. It is the biggest municipality in Akershus, covering 967 square kilometres (373.4 sq mi). Main villages are Aurskog and Bjørkelangen , of which
49-411: Was merged with Nordre Høland , Søndre Høland and Setskog to form the new municipality Aurskog-Høland . Prior to the merger Aurskog had a population of 3.129. The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Ør ( Norse Aurr 'gravel'), since the first church was built here. The last element is skog (Norse skógr ) 'woods' - and the meaning of the full name is 'the woods around
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