Høland is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway.
2-415: Høland was created in 1837 as a formannskapsdistrikt , a Norwegian local self-government district. The district Setskog was separated from Høland to form a separate municipality January 1, 1905. The split left Høland with 4,928 inhabitants. Høland municipality existed until 1 July 1924, when it was split to form the two new municipalities of Nordre Høland and Søndre Høland . Before the partition Høland had
4-474: A population of 5,294. On 1 January 1966, Nordre Høland and Søndre Høland, were merged with Setskog and Aurskog to form the new municipality of Aurskog-Høland . The name Høland is an old, historic district name. The first element is høy meaning hay. The last element is land meaning land (originally in plural). 59°43′57″N 11°26′15″E / 59.7324°N 11.4375°E / 59.7324; 11.4375 This Akershus location article
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