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Askim Municipality

former municipality in Østfold in Norway
Administrative Area Former Municipality Of Norway Q109469

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
former municipality of Norway
Official website
www.askim.kommune.no[12]

Location

Country
Norway[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.586°, 11.170°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Østfold[1]
Shares border with
Spydeberg Municipality, Trøgstad Municipality, Eidsberg Municipality, Skiptvet Municipality[5][6][7][8]

Population and size

Area
0.4 (0–69.2, n=14)[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
Population
+15615, +15865[14][15]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 15,615 · 15,865 GeoNames 14,703 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +12
Capital
Askim[4]
Demonym
askiming, askiming[24]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
December 31, 2019[11]
Has list
Grunnkretser i Indre Østfold kommune[37]
Head of government
Thor Hals[3]
IPA transcription
ˈɑʂɪm[13]
Language used
Bokmål[38]
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Indre Østfold Municipality[39]
Number of households
197 (197–7.1k, n=6)[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Askim[16]
Replaced by
Indre Østfold Municipality[17]
Twinned administrative body
Vantaa, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality[9][10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Askim Municipality ar أسكيم cs Askim fa آشیم he אסקים ja オッシム ja アシーム ja アスキム ko 아심 ro Comuna Askim ru Ашим sv Askim kommun sv Askims kommun uk Муніципалітет Аскім zh 阿希姆
🔖 Identifiers · 20
VIAF cluster ID
170100509
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Askim sentrum.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/01853h
GNS Unique Feature ID
-251762
GeoNames ID
3162649
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Askim_-_tidligere_kommune
INaturalist place ID
40031
KulturNav-ID
e5fda699-e076-478a-987d-eefdce9d02cf
Lex ID
Askim
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Askim_kommune
MusicBrainz area ID
622eeac1-4c63-4e24-b9ed-31778d224e1e
NE.se ID
askim, askim-(kommun-i-ostfold-fylke)
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Norwegian municipality number
0124
OpenStreetMap relation ID
406082
Quora topic ID
Askim
SNARC ID
comedy film
SSR place name number
267567
Topic's main category
Category:Askim
Who's on First ID
1159296995
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxRwJCKVjxh6xhRCTpVmd

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🔗 Connections
People born here 9
Petter Solberg, Vibeke Skofterud, Ola Vigen Hattestad, Henning Solberg, Dagfinn Føllesdal, Kirsten Sørlie, Atle Næss, Oddbjørn Engvold +1 more
Contained subdivisions 5
Glomma, Askim, Solbergfoss power station, Askim station, Vamma power station
Shares border with 4
Eidsberg Municipality, Skiptvet Municipality, Trøgstad Municipality, Spydeberg Municipality
← Shares border with 4
Eidsberg Municipality, Skiptvet Municipality, Trøgstad Municipality, Spydeberg Municipality
Twinned administrative body 2
Vantaa, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality
← Headquarters location 2
Viking, Smaalenenes Avis
← Twinned administrative body 2
Vantaa, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality
Capital 1
Askim
Country 1
Norway
Language used 1
Bokmål
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Østfold
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity 1
Indre Østfold Municipality
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
People who died here 1
Johan Meyer
Replaced by 1
Indre Østfold Municipality
SNARC ID 1
comedy film
Topic's main category 1
Category:Askim
← Capital of 1
Askim
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Askim
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Østfold
← FactGrid item ID 1
Chagey
← Primary destinations 1
European route E18
← Replaces 1
Indre Østfold Municipality
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Related Entities

Askim Glomma Norway Petter Solberg Vantaa

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  1. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.askim.kommune.no/
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished → December 31, 2019
    Category for people born here → Wikidata item
    Coordinate location → 59.586°, 11.170°
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #43521: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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