Bjørkelangen

Bjørkelangen
Village
Bjørkelangen seen from Eidslia
Bjørkelangen Location in Akershus
Coordinates: 59°53′04″N 11°34′10″E / 59.88444°N 11.56944°E / 59.88444; 11.56944
Country	Norway
County	Akershus
District	Romerike
Municipality	Aurskog-Høland
Area
• Total	2.76 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	3,196
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1940

Bjørkelangen is a village of 3,196 inhabitants (January 2015 figures) ^[1] in the Akershus county of south-eastern Norway. Located immediately north of Lake Bjørkelangen, it became the administrative centre of the Aurskog-Høland municipality in 1966.

The village is home to a primary school, a junior high school, and two senior high schools: Bjørkelangen Videregående Skole,^[2] which is a traditional high school offering a broad academic curriculum, and Kjelle Videregående Skole,^[3] which focuses on agricultural and forestry education.

Commercial facilities in Bjørkelangen include three grocery stores, two petrol stations, as well as a number of clothing stores and other retail outlets near the main, pedestrianized street.

Gallery

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  Main shopping street
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  Former railway station
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  Bjørkelangen church

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This page was last edited on 16 May 2024, at 17:15