Nes kommune

County	Akershus
District	Romerike
Municipality	NO-0236
Administrative centre	Årnes
Mayor (2007)	Oddmar Blekkerud (Ap)
Official language form	Bokmål
Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage	Ranked 177 637 km² 609 km² 0.20 %
Population  - Total (2006)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  - Density	Ranked 54 18 022 0.39 % 14.5 % 28/km²
Coordinates	60°7′N 11°29′E / 60.117, 11.483Coordinates: 60°7′N 11°29′E / 60.117, 11.483
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Nes is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway. Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke; until 1918 known as singular and plural- amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ... County NO-02 Region Østlandet Administrative centre Oslo County mayor Hildur Horn Øien (KrF) Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 16 4,918 km² 1. ...

Nes was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Formannsskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government district. ...

The municipality is bordering Eidsvoll, Ullensaker, Sørum and Aurskog-Høland in Akershus and Eidskog, Sør-Odal and Nord-Odal in Hedmark county. County Akershus Landscape Romerike Municipality NO-0237 Administrative centre Sundet Mayor (2005) Arild Sandahl (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 222 457 km² 385 km² 0. ... Ullensaker is a municipalityin the county of Akershus, Norway. ... County Akershus Landscape Romerike Municipality NO-0226 Administrative centre Sørumsand Mayor (2003) Hans Marius Johnsen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 327 207 km² 200 km² 0. ... County Akershus District Romerike Municipality NO-0221 Administrative centre Bjørkelangen Mayor (2003) Karin Gulbrandsen (Sp) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 111 962 km² 894 km² 0. ... County District GlÃ¥mdal Municipality NO-0420 Administrative centre Skotterud Mayor (2003) Ivar Skulstad (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 174 641 km² 604 km² 0. ... County Hedmark District Odal, Norway Municipality NO-0419 Administrative centre Skarnes Mayor (2004) Henning Myrvang (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 203 517 km² 479 km² 0. ... County Hedmark District Odal Municipality NO-0418 Administrative centre Sand Mayor (2003) Asgeir Østli (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 206 508 km² 475 km² 0. ... Hedmark is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. ...

Nes includes many natural attractions, such as parts of the river Glomma, as well as 168 lakes. Elk, beaver, wolf and lynx can be found here. Hunting and sportfishing is carried on in a big scale. Glomma, pronounced and written Glåma in northern regions of the river, is the longest river in Norway, 598 kilometers long. ... For other uses, see Moose (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 Distribution of both species of beaver. ... Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call... For other uses, see Lynx (disambiguation). ...

800 farms make the area one of the largest producers of wheat in the country.

One of Norway's best preserved church ruins from 1100 AD, Nes kirkeruiner can be found here. August 5 - Henry I becomes King of England. ...

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Nes (Norse Nes 'headland'), since the first church was built here. The actual nes is the headland made by the two great rivers Glomma and Vorma, which have their meeting point just south of the farm. The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages and the East Germanic languages. ... Glomma, pronounced and written Glåma in northern regions of the river, is the longest river in Norway, 598 kilometers long. ... Vorma from the Eidsvoll train station looking north Vorma is a river in Norway that brings water from the lake Mjøsa into Glomma. ...

Until 1889 the name was written "Næs".

Villages

Årnes Ã…rnes is the administrative centre of Nes municipality, Akershus, Norway. ...

Vormsund Vormsund is a village in the municipality of Nes, Akershus, Norway. ...

Skogrand Ingeborgrud is a village in Nes municipality, Norway. ...

Aulifeltet Aulifeltet is a village in the municipality of Nes, Akershus, Norway. ...

Neskollen Neskollen is a village in Nes municipality, Norway, located a few kilometres northwest of the urban area Ã…rnes. ...

Fenstad Fenstad is a village in the municipality of Nes, Akershus, Norway. ...

Brårud BrÃ¥rud is a village in the municipality of Nes, Akershus, Norway. ...

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows three logs (to represent forestry). The position of the logs also represent the meeting of the rivers Glomma and Vorma - creating the headland of Nes. Look up log in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Glomma, pronounced and written Glåma in northern regions of the river, is the longest river in Norway, 598 kilometers long. ... Vorma from the Eidsvoll train station looking north Vorma is a river in Norway that brings water from the lake Mjøsa into Glomma. ...

(See also the coat-of-arms of Søndre Land and Stokke.) County Oppland Landscape Land Municipality NO-0536 Administrative centre Hov Mayor (2003) Reidar Eriksen (Søndre Land Bygdeliste) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 150 728 km² 659 km² 0. ... County Vestfold District Municipality NO-0720 Administrative centre Stokke Mayor (2003) Nils Ingar Aabol (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 375 118 km² 116 km² 0. ...

External links

• Tourist information (English)
• Raumnes The newspaper for Nes på Romerike (Norwegian only)

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