Ørje
Sign in to savethumb|View of Ørje Ørje is the administrative centre of Marker municipality, Norway, not far from the Swedish border. Its population (2013) is 3872
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Marker, Norway and Villages in Østfold.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Marker Municipality
- Population
- 1840
- Area
- 1.71
- Capital of
- Marker Municipality
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- Oerje03052006.jpg
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thumb|View of Ørje Ørje is the administrative centre of Marker municipality, Norway, not far from the Swedish border. Its population (2013) is 3872
Ørje was founded in the 1880s around a timber-processing mill. Engebret Soot had built the first Norwegian canal locks at Ørje in the years 1857-1860 (:no:Ørje sluser). The total lift of the locks are 10 meters (30 feet) divided on 3 steps. The locks are situated between the lakes "Rødenessjøen" and "Øymarksjøen" as a part of the Halden Canal Waterway System.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ørje” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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