Høland is a former municipality inAkershus county, Norway.
Høland was created in 1837 as aformannskapsdistrikt, a Norwegian local self-government district. The districtSetskog was separated from Høland to form a separate municipality January 1, 1905. The split left Høland with 4,928 inhabitants. Høland municipality existed until 1 July 1924, when it was split to form the two new municipalities ofNordre Høland andSøndre Høland. Before the partition Høland had a population of 5,294. On 1 January 1966, Nordre Høland and Søndre Høland, were merged withSetskog andAurskog to form the new municipality ofAurskog-Høland.[1]
The name Høland is an old, historic district name. The first element ishøy meaning hay. The last element island meaning land (originally in plural).[2]
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