Asker
Asker Municipality
Asker kommune | |
|---|---|
Akershus within Norway | |
Asker within Akershus | |
| Coordinates: 59°50′7″N 10°26′6″E / 59.83528°N 10.43500°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Akershus |
| Administrative centre | Asker |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007) | Lene Conradi (H) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 101 km2 (39 sq mi) |
| • Land | 97 km2 (37 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #385 in Norway |
| Population (30 September 2019) | |
• Total | 61,906 |
| • Rank | #11 in Norway |
| • Density | 585/km2 (1,520/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +15.7% |
| Demonym | Askerbøring |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0220 |
| Website | Official website |
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 13,625 | — |
| 1961 | 17,755 | +30.3% |
| 1971 | 31,702 | +78.6% |
| 1981 | 35,977 | +13.5% |
| 1991 | 41,903 | +16.5% |
| 2001 | 49,661 | +18.5% |
| 2011 | 55,284 | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 59,037 | +6.8% |
| 2021? | 63,381 | +7.4% |
| 2031? | 69,296 | +9.3% |
| Source: Statistics Norway. | ||
Asker (Norwegian: Asker), also called Asker proper (Askerbygda or gamle Asker in Norwegian), is a district and former municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality Asker (also known as Greater Asker) together with the traditional Buskerud districts Røyken and Hurum; Asker constitutes the northern fourth and is part of the Greater Oslo Region. The administrative center was the town of Asker, which remains so for the new larger municipality. Asker was established as a parish in the Middle Ages and as a municipality on 1 January 1838.