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Røyken

former municipality in Buskerud, Norway
AdministrativeArea former_municipality_of_norway Q488663

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
former municipality of Norway
Inception
1838[10]
Official website
www.royken.kommune.no[13]

Location

Country
Norway[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.734°, 10.429°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Buskerud[2]
Shares border with
Lier, Asker, Hurum[7][8][9]

Population and size

Area
0.58 (0–143.1, n=14)[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
Population
+21492, +22635[14][15]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 21,492 · 22,635 GeoNames 18,749 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +11
Capital
Midtbygda[6]
Demonym
røykenbøring, røykenbøring[24]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
December 31, 2019[11]
Has list
Grunnkretser i Røyken kommune[39]
Head of government
Rune Kjølstad, Eva Norén Eriksen[4][5]
Language used
Bokmål[40]
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Asker[41]
Number of households
172 (172–8.9k, n=6)[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Office held by head of government
mayor of Røyken[16]
Replaced by
Asker[17]
Significant event
boundary change, boundary change[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Røyken en Royken Kommune ar رويكن fa شهرداری روایکن id Roeyken id Royken it Royken pl Roeyken pl Royken pt Royken ro Royken ru Рёйкен sv Röyken sv Røyken kommun zh 略肯
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ROR ID
03hf9pe15
GRID ID
grid.458752.9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Royken st1.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
5146
Freebase ID
/m/0187cj
GNS Unique Feature ID
-276290
GeoNames ID
3141104
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
royken
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0473537
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Røyken, Røyken_-_tidligere_kommune
INaturalist place ID
40086
KulturNav-ID
30407f6e-44ac-4e8c-83ba-677144cc1de0
Show all 22 identifiers +10
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Røyken_kommune
MusicBrainz area ID
63b80683-2d46-4af3-8639-b9984ae39dab
NE.se ID
royken
Norwegian municipality number
0627
OpenStreetMap relation ID
407793
Quora topic ID
Røyken
SSR place name number
85831
Scilit organization ID
49390
Topic's main category
Category:Røyken
Who's on First ID
1159297215
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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 17
European route E134, Åros, Hyggen, Båtstø, Røyken station, Spikkestad station, Nærsnes, Slemmestad +9 more
People born here 8
Kate Gulbrandsen, Bjørge Lillelien, Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen, Poul Christian Holst, Einar Jansen, Hans Seip, Jonas Fjeldstad, Ove Bang
Shares border with 3
Asker, Lier, Hurum
← Shares border with 3
Asker, Lier, Hurum
People who died here 2
Steinar Amundsen, Anders Andersen
Capital 1
Midtbygda
Country 1
Norway
Language used 1
Bokmål
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Buskerud
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity 1
Asker
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
Replaced by 1
Asker
Topic's main category 1
Category:Røyken
← Capital of 1
Midtbygda
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Røyken
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Buskerud
← Replaces 1
Asker
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Summary

Røyken is a former municipality of Norway[1].

Related Entities

Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  30. [31] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  34. [35] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  2. 15w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Office held by head of government → mayor of Røyken
    Population → {'amount': '+21492'}, {'amount': '+22635'}
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