Glemmen
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Glemmen is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway.
It was created as Fredrikstad landdistrikt in 1837, and later changed its name to Glemminge and then to Glemmen. A part of Glemmen with 2,013 inhabitants was moved to Fredrikstad on 1 January 1867. On 1 January 1908 the district of Kråkerøy split from Glemmen to form a municipality of its own. The split left Glemmen with 10.430 inhabitants.
On 1 January 1964 the rest of Glemmen was incorporated into Fredrikstad. Prior to the merger Glemmen had a population of 16,520.
[edit] References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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