Røyken Municipality
| Røyken kommune | |||
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 Røyken within Buskerud |
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| Coordinates: 59°44′1″N 10°25′44″E / 59.73361°N 10.42889°ECoordinates: 59°44′1″N 10°25′44″E / 59.73361°N 10.42889°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Buskerud | ||
| District | Lower Buskerud | ||
| Administrative centre | Midtbygda | ||
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| • Mayor (2015) | Eva Norén Eriksen (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 113 km2 (44 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 111 km2 (43 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 378 in Norway | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 20,621 | ||
| • Rank | 59 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 153/km2 (400/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 15.2 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Røykenbøring | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0627 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www |
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Røyken Municipality is a municipality in Buskerud County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda. The parish of Røken was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
Oslo ATCC, the Area Control Center for the controlled airspace above Østlandet is located here.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Røyken farm (Norse Raukvin), since the first church was built there. The first element is raukr which means "pile, stack; mountain" and the last element is vin which means "meadow" or "pasture".
See also Røykenvik.
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 15 December 1967. The figure shows a yellow fire on a blue background. It was chosen as a semi-canting symbol to represent smoke (which cannot be depicted in heraldry). The background for the motif is a common misunderstanding of the name as røyken the definite form of røyk meaning "smoke".
Røyken is located south of Lier and Asker, on the northern part of the Hurum peninsula north of Hurum municipality. It lies between Oslofjord and Drammensfjord. It is connected to the eastern side of the Oslofjord via Hurum municipality and the Oslofjord Tunnel. The tunnel is 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) long and connects Hurumhalvøya to Akershus county.
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