Marker Municipality

municipality in Østfold, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Østfold
District: Smaalenene
Administrative centre: Ørje
Mayor 2003: Kjersti Nythe Nilsen ( Ap )
Total: 413 km (159 sq mi)
Land: 368 km (142 sq mi)
Rank: # 235 in Norway
Density: 9/km (23/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +2%
Demonym: Marking
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )

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Marker is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørje. Marker was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 following the merger of the two former municipalities of Rødenes and Øymark.

The municipality borders Sweden, Aurskog-Høland municipality in Akershus county, and Aremark, Eidsberg, Rakkestad, and Rømskog municipalities in Østfold county. European route E18 passes through the municipality.