Son
Son is an old town, and a former municipality. It is located in Vestby municipality in Akershus. Son has about 5,500 residents.Photo: Cnyborg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Espen Franck-Nielsen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 5,500 residents
- Description: settlement in Vestby Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Son, Norway”
- Historically known as: “Soon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Såna and Grevlingen skole.
Såna
River
Photo: Cnyborg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Såna or Hølenelva is a river which runs through Vestby, Norway. Såna collects a number of creeks in Ås and Vestby; it runs through the villages of Såner and Hobøl before draining into the Oslofjord at Son.
Bevøya
Island
Photo: Colliekar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bevøya is an island, which is situated 3 km southwest of Son.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hvitsten and Ramme Gaard.
Hvitsten
Hamlet
Photo: Colliekar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hvitsten is a former town in Akershus county, Norway, located between Drøbak and Son. It is the smallest town that has ever existed in Norway: In 1951 it had 76 inhabitants, and an area of just 0.07 km2. Hvitsten is situated 8 km north of Son.
Ramme Gaard
Hamlet
Photo: Øyvind, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ramme Gaard is an organic farm and country estate located by the Oslofjord, just north of Hvitsten in the Vestby municipality of Akershus, Norway. Ramme Gaard was previously owned by billionaire philanthropist Petter Olsen. Ramme Gaard is situated 9 km north of Son.
Son
- Categories: human settlement, urban area in Norway, and locality
- Location: Vestby, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.52422° or 59° 31′ 27″ northLongitude
10.68797° or 10° 41′ 17″ eastPopulation
5,500Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO SONOpen location code
9FFGGMFQ+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2442669057OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Son” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Son”
- Cebuano: “Son, Norway”
- Cebuano: “Son”
- Chinese: “索恩”
- Danish: “Son”
- Dutch: “Son, Norway”
- Dutch: “Son”
- French: “Son”
- German: “Son”
- German: “Soon”
- Irish: “Son”
- Italian: “Son”
- Javanese: “Son, Norway”
- Javanese: “Son”
- Malay: “Son, Norway”
- Malay: “Son”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Son”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Son i Noreg”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Son”
- Norwegian: “Son”
- Persian: “سان، نروژ”
- Spanish: “Son”
- Swedish: “Son, Norge”
- Swedish: “Son”
- Urdu: “سون، ناروے”
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