Asker

Summary

Asker is a former municipality of Norway^[1]. Asker ranks in the top 3% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Asker received the National urban environment award^[3].
• Asker is located in Akershus^[4].
• Asker is in the country of Norway^[5].
• Asker's head of government is recorded as Lene Conradi^[6].
• Asker's image is recorded as Asker raadhus main entrance 2010 05 30.JPG^[7].
• Asker's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway^[8].
• Asker's capital is recorded as Asker^[9].
• Asker's shares border with is recorded as Bærum Municipality^[10].
• Asker's shares border with is recorded as Lier^[11].
• Asker's shares border with is recorded as Nesodden^[12].
• Asker's shares border with is recorded as Røyken^[13].
• Asker's coat of arms image is recorded as Asker komm.svg^[14].
• Asker's twinned administrative body is recorded as Garðabær^[15].
• Asker's twinned administrative body is recorded as Jakobstad^[16].
• Asker's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tórshavn^[17].
• Asker's twinned administrative body is recorded as Eslöv Municipality^[18].
• Asker's ISNI is recorded as 000000041799227X^[19].
• Asker's GND ID is recorded as 4438566-3^[20].
• Asker's locator map image is recorded as NO 0220 Asker.svg^[21].
• Asker's Commons category is recorded as Asker, Norway^[22].
• Asker's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 406137^[23].
• Asker's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[24].
• +1837-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Asker^[25].
• Asker was dissolved in +2019-12-31T00:00:00Z^[26].
• Asker's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.833056, 'lon': 10.439167}^[27].

Body

Geography

Asker is in the country of Norway^[5]. Asker is located in Akershus^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+100.71538293727788'}^[28], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+130.96238255894426'}^[29], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+30.246999621666376'}^[30], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.577990488801209'}^[31], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0'}^[32], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3.8252866943733266'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+60106'}^[34] and {'amount': '+61523'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Asker's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway^[8].

History and Context

+1837-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Asker^[25].

Why It Matters

Asker ranks in the top 3% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).^[2] Asker has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36]

FAQs

What awards did Asker receive?

Honors received include National urban environment award^[3].