Øymark
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Øymark is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway. It was originally a part of Aremark formannskapsdistrikt (from 1837), but on July 1, 1903 Øymark was separated from Aremark to form a separate municipality. At that point Øymark had a population of 1 832.
On January 1, 1964 Øymark was merged with Rødenes to form the new municipality Marker. Before the merger Øymark had a population of 2 091.
[edit] The name
The Norse form of the name was Øyjamörk. The first element is (probably) the genitive case of the old name of Øymarksjøen (Norse *Øyi), the last element is mörk f 'woodland, borderland'. The old name of the lake is derived from øy f 'flat and fertil land along a waterside'.
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