Årnes

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Årnes is the administrative centre of Nes municipality, Akershus, Norway. Its population (2005) is 3,140.

[edit] History

Årnes was nothing but a farm and fields until 1862 when the railway beetween Christiania and Kongsvinger was built. Årnes got a train-station and this made it easier to transport lumber and other materials from the village to the capital.