Hobøl Municipality Hobøl kommune | |
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 Østfold within Norway | |
 Hobøl within Østfold | |
| Coordinates:59°35′35″N10°56′45″E / 59.59306°N 10.94583°E /59.59306; 10.94583 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Østfold |
| Administrative centre | Elvestad |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2007) | Kjell Håvard Jensen (FrP) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 140 km2 (50 sq mi) |
| • Land | 139 km2 (54 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #365 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 4,504 |
| • Rank | #214 in Norway |
| • Density | 32/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| • Change(10 years) |  +13.4% |
| Demonym(s) | Hobøling or Hobling[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0138[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Hobøl was amunicipality inØstfoldcounty,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village ofElvestad. Hobøl is situated about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast ofOslo. Theparish ofHaabøl was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt).
The largest village in Hobøl wasTomter, whoserailway station is served byEastern Østfold Line. Other villages in the municipality wereKnapstad,Ringvoll, and the middle part of the municipality which is called Hobøl.
Hobøl was suggested as the replacement site for a newairport to replaceFornebu, and in 1972 theNorwegian parliament voted to build it there. The 1973 oil crisis postponed that plan, and the new airport was finally built atGardermoen, north of Oslo.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the oldHobøl farm (Old Norse:Hóbœli), since the first church was built here. The first element ishór orhár meaning "high". The last element isbœli which means "farm". Thus the name means "the farm lying on a high ground". Prior to 1889 the name was written "Haabøl".
TheCoat-of-arms is from modern times. It was granted on 30 August 1985; it shows the municipality as seen from above. The municipality is mainly formed by a largevalley, cut by themeanderingHobølelvariver.[4]
| Ancestry | Number |
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 Poland | 207 |
 Lithuania | 129 |
 Sweden | 48 |
 Germany | 41 |
 Denmark | 36 |
The following cities aretwinned with Hobøl:[6]
Media related toHobøl at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition ofHobøl at Wiktionary
Østfold travel guide from Wikivoyage
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