Rælingen
Rælingen Municipality
Rælingen kommune | |
|---|---|
 The village of Rælingen | |
 Flag | |
 Viken within Norway | |
 Rælingen within Viken | |
| Coordinates: 59°53′21″N 11°4′31″E / 59.88917°N 11.07528°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Viken |
| District | Romerike |
| Administrative centre | Fjerdingby |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007) | Øivind Sand (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 72 km2 (28 sq mi) |
| • Land | 56 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #404 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 14,720 |
| • Rank | #63 in Norway |
| • Density | 261/km2 (680/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +5.4% |
| Demonym | Ræling[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3027[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Rælingen is a village and municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fjerdingby. Rælingen was separated from the municipality of Fet on 1 July 1929.
General information
Name
The name is first mentioned around 1400 ("i Ræling"). It is probably an old district name (the name of the church site is Fjerdingby). The meaning of the name is unknown.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 30 April 1981. The arms show a yellow pitchfork on a green background. It is a symbol for the local agriculture. A large part of the municipality is lowland, which historically has mainly been used to produce hay. The pitchfork has three prongs representing the three rivers that run through the municipality: Nitelva, Leira, and Glomma.[4][5]
| Ancestry | Number |
|---|---|
 Poland |
469 |
 Pakistan |
347 |
 Vietnam |
343 |
 Iran |
323 |
 Sweden |
172 |
 Iraq |
163 |
 Eritrea |
139 |
 Lithuania |
138 |
 India |
108 |
 Afghanistan |
107 |
Geography
Located between Fet and Lørenskog, Rælingen includes the northwestern part of lake Øyeren. The northernmost part of the district is built and grown together with the Lillestrøm area.
The most important places in the municipality are Rælingen, Fjerdingby, Løvenstad, and Nordby. Large portions of the municipality are scarcely populated or uninhabited (forests).
Notable people
- Henrik Kristoffersen - Norwegian alpinist
- Kristoffer Ajer - Norwegian football player
- Anders Gaasland (formerly Gåsland),[7] politician, gay rights activist
- Stine Buer - Norwegian TV-personality
- Ida Fladen - Norwegian TV-personality
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Rælingen:[8]
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ "Kommunevåpenet". Rælingen kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-20. [dead link] (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ KrF har tapt mange slag. Kan de overleve dette?. "Tidligere KrFU-leder Anders Gaasland (tidl. Gåsland) husker derimot "
- ^ "Vennskapskommuner". Rælingen kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-20. [dead link] (in Norwegian)
External links
Media related to Rælingen at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Rælingen at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Akershus travel guide from Wikivoyage
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