Rakkestad

Rakkestad Municipality
Rakkestad kommune
Østfold within Norway
Østfold within Norway
Rakkestad within Østfold
Rakkestad within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°22′23″N 11°25′13″E / 59.37306°N 11.42028°E / 59.37306; 11.42028
CountryNorway
CountyØstfold
DistrictSmaalenene
Administrative centreRakkestad
Government
 • Mayor (2007)Peder Harlem (Sp)
Area
 • Total435 km2 (168 sq mi)
 • Land421 km2 (163 sq mi)
 • Rank#227 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total7,232
 • Rank#138 in Norway
 • Density17/km2 (40/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +2.2%
DemonymRaksting[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3120[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Rakkestad is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rakkestad. It is divided into the parishes of Rakkestad, Degernes, and Os. The municipality is the county's second largest by area and one of Norway's largest agricultural areas.

Rakkestad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Degernes was separated from Rakkestad as a municipality of its own on 1 January 1917, but it was merged back into Rakkestad on 1 January 1964.

Rakkestad has a civil airport, Rakkestad Airport, Aastorp.

  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.