Enebakk

Enebakk kommune

Image:NO 0427 Enebakk.svg
County	Akershus
District	Follo
Municipality	NO-0427
Administrative centre	Kirkebygda
Mayor (2003)	Tore Tidemann (H)
Official language form	Bokmål
Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage	Ranked 312 233 km² 195 km² 0.07 %
Population  - Total (2004)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  - Density	Ranked 111 9,233 0.20 % 14.5 % 47/km²
Coordinates	59°46′N 11°6′E / 59.767, 11.1Coordinates: 59°46′N 11°6′E / 59.767, 11.1
www.enebakk.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway

Enebakk is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway.

Enebakk was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

Geography

Enebakk is divided into four areas, named Flateby, Kirkebygda, Dalefjerdingen and Ytre Enebakk, being closest to Oslo.

The highest point in Enebakk is Vardåsen, situated between the lakes Børtervann and Øyeren, at 374 m above sea level.

Enebakk is a mere 30 km from the city-limits of Oslo, with easy bus-access to the country's capital. There are of 2004 no train-stations in the municipality.

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Enebakk (Norse Ignarbakki), since the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of a rivername Ign (meaning unknown), the last element is bakki m 'riverbank'. In Norse times the parish was alternatively called Ignardalr 'the valley of (the river) Ign'.

Until 1921 the name was written "Enebak".

Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is from modern times (1986) - but it is inspired by old mural paintings in the Enebakk church from the Middle Ages. It shows four fourblades. The number four shall remind of the four parts of the municipality (see above).

External link

• Official site

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