Hølen
Sign in to savethumb | right | alt=alt=Refer to caption | Hølen, torget (market square) Hølen is a village and former town and municipality in Akershus county, Norway.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Hølen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Former town and municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Akershus
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Akershus
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Østlandet
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Akershus
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
- Settlement.timezone1
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +01:00
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset1_DST
- +02:00
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Post Code
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Demonym
- hølning
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Vestby Municipality
- Population
- 1151
- Area
- 0.65
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Name origins
- References
thumb | right | alt=alt=Refer to caption | Hølen, torget (market square) Hølen is a village and former town and municipality in Akershus county, Norway.
Hølen was in early times known for the production of timber, and from the 17th century important trade took place. Timber was floated on the river Såna. Ships from the Netherlands visited the place.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hølen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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