Hurum

Hurum

Infobox_Kommune
name=Hurum
idnumber=0628
county=Buskerud
landscape=
capital=Klokkarstua
governor=Roger Ryberg (Ap)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=354
area=163
arealand=156
areapercent=0.05
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=120
population=8,781
populationpercent=0.19
populationdensity=56
populationincrease=11.5
language=Bokmål
demonym=Huring or Høring
lat_deg=59| lat_min=36| lat_sec=11| lon_deg=10| lon_min=31| lon_sec=5
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6608196 |utm_easting=0585693| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.hurum.kommune.no

Hurum is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway.

Hurum was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The small village of Holmsbu was granted township in 1847, but it did not become a municipality of its own. It lost its township January 1, 1964.

The municipality borders Røyken to the north. To the west the coastline is located close to the eastern coast of Vestfold with Svelvik. It is connected to the eastern side of the Oslofjord via Oslofjordtunnel, one of the longest underwater tunnels of its kind in Northern Europe. The tunnel is 7.2 km long and connects Hurumhalvøya to Akershus county.

Geography

Hurum is located on the southern part of Hurumhalvøya, which is the peninsula between Oslofjord and Drammensfjord. The administrative centre is Klokkarstua, while the most populous villages are Tofte and Sætre.

Hurum was once suggested as the location for the new national airport of Norway. The plan was however abandoned, and the main airport is now situated at Gardermoen in Akershus county.

The name

The Norse form of the name was "Húðrimar". The meaning of the first element is unknown, the last element is the plural form of "rimi" m 'ridge'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1979). The blue wavy lines represent the two waters of Oslofjord and Drammensfjord.


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