Fet, Norway

Fet Municipality
Fet kommune
Flag of Fet Municipality
Coat of arms of Fet Municipality
Akershus within Norway
Akershus within Norway
Fet within Akershus
Fet within Akershus
Coordinates: 59°52′47″N 11°13′14″E / 59.87972°N 11.22056°E / 59.87972; 11.22056
CountryNorway
CountyAkershus
DistrictRomerike
Administrative centreFetsund
Government
 • Mayor (2005)Lisbet Lofthus Gabrielsen (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total176 km2 (68 sq mi)
 • Land137 km2 (53 sq mi)
 • Rank#347 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total9,485
 • Rank#108 in Norway
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +10.5%
DemonymFetsokning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0227[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Fet was a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It was part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fetsund.

Fet was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Rælingen was separated from Fet on 1 July 1929. The part of Enebakk municipality lying east of lake Øyeren was transferred to Fet in 1962. On 1 January 2020 Fet was merged with Skedsmo and Sørum municipalities to form Lillestrøm municipality.

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.