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Ullensaker

Ullensaker kommune
Municipality
Storgata Jessheim.jpg
Coat of arms of Ullensaker kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Ullensaker kommune
Akershus within
Norway
Ullensaker within Akershus
Ullensaker within Akershus
Coordinates: 60°10′15″N 11°11′17″E / 60.17083°N 11.18806°E / 60.17083; 11.18806Coordinates: 60°10′15″N 11°11′17″E / 60.17083°N 11.18806°E / 60.17083; 11.18806
Country Norway
County Akershus
District Romerike
Administrative centre Jessheim
Government
 • Mayor (2003) Harald Espelund (FrP)
Area
 • Total 252 km2 (97 sq mi)
 • Land 250 km2 (100 sq mi)
Area rank 301 in Norway
Population (2010)
 • Total 29,088
 • Rank 36 in Norway
 • Density 95/km2 (250/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 28.2 %
Demonym(s) Ullsokning
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-0235
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.ullensaker.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Ullensaker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Jessheim. It has a population of 32 438 inhabitants. Norway's largest international airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, is located in Ullensaker.

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Ullensaker farm. The name is first recorded in 1300 as Ullinshof. The first element is the genitive case of the name Ullinn (a sideform of Ullr). The last element was originally hof which means "temple" but this was later (around 1500 AD) changed to aker meaning "acre" or "field".

Ullensaker does not have an heraldic coat-of-arms properly granted. The municipality uses a non-heraldic badge that is from modern times. The logo was adopted on 8 November 1979, and it shows the god Ullr of Norse mythology holding a bow and three arrows. The colors on the logo can vary.

Ullensaker borders with Eidsvoll to the north, Nes to the east, Sørum to the south, and Gjerdrum and Nannestad to the west. The international airport that serves as the main airport of Norway, Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, is located in Ullensaker. The municipality has two major population centres: the villages of Kløfta and Jessheim, the latter one houses the administration center of Ullensaker. There is also a Royal Norwegian Army base at Sessvollmoen as well as a Royal Norwegian Air Force air station, Gardermoen Air Station.


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