Rygge Municipality
Rygge kommune | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
 Østfold within Norway | |
 Rygge within Østfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°22′29″N 10°42′53″E / 59.37472°N 10.71472°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Østfold |
| Administrative centre | Rygge |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007) | Inger-Lise Skartlien (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 74 km2 (29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 70 km2 (30 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #400 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 13,753 |
| • Rank | #76 in Norway |
| • Density | 197/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +12.8% |
| Demonym | Ryggesokning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0136[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Rygge was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. It was merged into Moss municipality on 1 January 2020. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rygge. Rygge was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
The emblem of Rygge is the Pasque flower. Rygge is connected to Oslo by double-tracked railway, and four-lane freeway.
Rygge was served by Moss Airport, which has not been operational since 2016.
- ^ "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. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.