Hølen
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Hølen is a former town and municipality in Akershus county, Norway.
The small town of Hølen was, together with the small town of Son, established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
Son and Hølen were separated as municipalities of their own January 1, 1848. Hølen was merged with the rural municipality Vestby July 1, 1943 - and it then lost its status as a town.
Hølen is the smallest municipality (in area) that has ever existed in Norway - the total area was just 0.12 km².
[edit] The name
Hølen is the finite form of høl m 'pool' (in a river).
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