Rælingen

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Rælingen kommune
Locator map showing Rælingen within Akershus
County Akershus
District Romerike
Municipality NO-0228
Administrative centre Fjerdingby
Mayor (2003) Terje Granerud (Ap)
Official language form Neutral
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 404
72 km²
56 km²
0.02 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 63
14,720
0.32 %
5.4 %
261/km²
Coordinates 59°53′N, 11°4′E
www.ralingen.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 59°53′N, 11°4′E

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

[edit] Geography

Located between Fet and Lørenskog, Rælingen includes the northwestern part of lake Øyeren. The northernmost part of the district is built and grown together with the Lillestrøm area.

The most important places in the municipality are Rælingen, Fjerdingby, Løvenstad and Nordby. Large portions of the municipality are scarcily populated or uninhabited.

[edit] The name

The name is first mentioned around 1400 ("i Ræling"). It is probably an old district name (the name of the church site is Fjerdingby). The meaning of the name is unknown.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1981). It shows a hayfork.

The village Rælingen in Rælingen.
The village Rælingen in Rælingen.


Municipalities of Akershus Akershus coat of arms

Asker | Aurskog-Høland | Bærum | Eidsvoll | Enebakk | Fet | Frogn | Gjerdrum | Hurdal | Lørenskog | Nannestad | Nes | Nesodden | Nittedal | Oppegård | Rælingen | Skedsmo | Ski | Sørum | Ullensaker | Vestby | Ås
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