Hobøl

Hobøl was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Elvestad. Hobøl is situated about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Oslo. The parish of Haabøl was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

Hobøl kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Østfold within
Norway
Hobøl within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°35′35″N 10°56′45″E
CountryNorway
CountyØstfold
Administrative centreElvestad
Government
 • Mayor (2007)Kjell Håvard Jensen (FrP)
Area
 • Total140 km2 (50 sq mi)
 • Land139 km2 (54 sq mi)
Area rank365 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total4,504
 • Rank214 in Norway
 • Density32/km2 (80/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
13.4%
Demonym(s)Hobøling
or Hobling[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0138
Official language formNeutral[2]
Websitewww.hobol.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

The largest village in Hobøl was Tomter, whose railway station is served by Eastern Østfold Line. Other villages in the municipality were Knapstad, Ringvoll, and the middle part of the municipality which is called Hobøl.

Hobøl was suggested as the replacement site for a new airport to replace Fornebu, and in 1972 the Norwegian parliament voted to build it there. The 1973 oil crisis postponed that plan, and the new airport was finally built at Gardermoen, north of Oslo.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Hobøl farm (Old Norse: Hóbœli), since the first church was built here. The first element is hór or hár meaning "high". The last element is bœli which means "farm". Thus the name means "the farm lying on a high ground". Prior to 1889 the name was written "Haabøl".

Coat-of-arms

The Coat-of-arms is from modern times. It was granted on 30 August 1985; it shows the municipality as seen from above. The municipality is mainly formed by a large valley, cut by the meandering Hobølelva river.[3]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Hobøl by country of origin in 2017[4]
Ancestry Number
 Poland207
 Lithuania129
 Sweden48
 Germany41
 Denmark36

Notable people
See also: Indre_Østfold_municipality § Notable_people

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Hobøl:[5]

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  4. "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  5. "Vennskapskommmunen Rongu i Estland" (in Norwegian). Hobøl kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
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