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Hurum was a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. As of 1 January 2020 Hurum has merged with the municipalities of Røyken and Asker to form the new Asker Municipality located in the newly formed Viken county. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village Sætre. The municipality of Hurum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The small village of Holmsbu was granted town status in 1847, but it did not become a municipality of its own. It lost its town status on 1 January 1964.

Key facts

Kommune.name
Hurum
Kommune.idnumber
0628
Kommune.image_skyline
Verket Hurum.jpg
Kommune.county
Buskerud
Kommune.district
Lower Buskerud
Kommune.capital
Sætre
Kommune.language
Bokmål
Kommune.demonym
Huring or Høring
Kommune.coatofarms
Hurum_komm.svg
Kommune.munwebpage
www.hurum.kommune.no
Kommune.mayor
Monica Vee Bratli
Kommune.mayor_party
H
Kommune.mayor_as_of
2011
Kommune.area_rank
354
Kommune.area_total_km2
163
Kommune.area_land_km2
156
Kommune.area_water_percent
0.05
Kommune.population_as_of
2015

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Official website

Startsiden | Asker kommune

Informasjon om politisk virksomhet, kommunale tjenester, samfunnsutvikling, ledige stillinger og organisering av Asker kommune.

hurum.kommune.no

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
høring
Population
9521
Area
1.2285332228600858
Official website
www.hurum.kommune.no
Image
Verket Hurum.jpg
Households
107
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dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2019-12-31
inception
1838-01-01
Commons category
Hurum
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11 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Name
  • Coat-of-arms
  • History
  • Geography
  • Churches in Hurum
  • Hurum Church
  • Merging and dissolution
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Hurum was a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. As of 1 January 2020 Hurum has merged with the municipalities of Røyken and Asker to form the new Asker Municipality located in the newly formed Viken county. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village Sætre. The municipality of Hurum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The small village of Holmsbu was granted town status in 1847, but it did not become a municipality of its own. It lost its town status on 1 January 1964.

Hurum was once suggested as the location for the new national airport of Norway. The plan was, however, abandoned, due to fears of too much fog in Hurum, and the main airport is now situated at Gardermoen in Akershus.

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