Hurum Municipality
Hurum kommune | |
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 Flag | |
 Buskerud within Norway | |
 Hurum within Buskerud | |
| Coordinates: 59°36′11″N 10°31′5″E / 59.60306°N 10.51806°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Buskerud |
| District | Lower Buskerud |
| Administrative centre | Sætre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2011) | Monica Vee Bratli (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 163 km2 (63 sq mi) |
| • Land | 156 km2 (60 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #354 in Norway |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 9 365 |
| • Rank | #120 in Norway |
| • Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +11.5% |
| Demonym | Huring or Høring[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0628[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Hurum was a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. As of 1 January 2020 Hurum has merged with the municipalities of Røyken and Asker to form the new Asker Municipality located in the newly formed Viken county. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village Sætre. The municipality of Hurum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The small village of Holmsbu was granted town status in 1847, but it did not become a municipality of its own. It lost its town status on 1 January 1964.
Hurum was once suggested as the location for the new national airport of Norway. The plan was, however, abandoned, due to fears of too much fog in Hurum, and the main airport is now situated at Gardermoen in Akershus.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.