Aremark

Aremark is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby.

Not to be confused with Aramark.
Aremark kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Viken within
Norway
Aremark within Viken
Coordinates: 59°13′23″N 11°41′44″E
CountryNorway
CountyViken
DistrictSmaalenene
Administrative centreFosby
Government
 • Mayor (2011)Geir Aarbu (SP)
Area
 • Total319 km2 (123 sq mi)
 • Land282 km2 (109 sq mi)
Area rank265 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total1,424
 • Rank376 in Norway
 • Density5/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
-1.3%
Demonym(s)Aremarking[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3012
Official language formNorsk[2]
Websitewww.aremark.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Øymark was separated from Aremark on 1 July 1903.

General information

Name

The Norse form of the name was Aramǫrk. The first element is the genitive of the name of the lake Ari (now Aremarksjøen). (The name of the lake is probably derived from ari which means "eagle", thus "eagle lake".) The last element is mǫrk f 'woodland, borderland' (see March).

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 7 November 1986. The arms show two blue-colored elk on a silver background. The elk was chosen as a symbol because of the large forests and the many animals in the area.[3]

(See also the coat-of-arms for Namsos, Namsskogan, Ringsaker and Tynset.)

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Aremark by country of origin in 2017[4]
Ancestry Number
 Sweden11
 Syria7
 Germany6

Economy

Farming and forestry are the two top components of Aremark's economy.

Culture

Every two years in Aremark there is a relatively large festival: Elgfestivalen (elk festival). It is held in a festivity area at Kirkeng Camping. It has been arranged every two years since September 1998. The festival begins Friday afternoon and lasts until Sunday afternoon.

Religion

There are two chapels/churches in Aremark. Aremark church, which is located near Kirkeng(Church meadow), and Holmgil chapel in Bjørkebekk (Birch creek).

Television

Aremark has been used in several movie titles and in television. The Norwegian movies "Folk flest bor i Kina" (Most people live in China) and "Celofan" are both filmed in the municipality. The reality show "Farmen" is filmed at Bøensæther husmannsplass close to Marker.

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Aremark:[5]

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  4. "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. "Vennskapskommunen Dzerbene i Latvia" (in Norwegian). Aremark kommune. Archived from the original on 2 January 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
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