Ørje
Ørje is the administrative centre of Marker municipality, Norway, not far from the Swedish border. Its population is 3872 Ørje was founded in the 1880s around a timber-processing mill.
Photo: Vidariv, Public domain.- Type: Village with 1,840 residents
- Description: settlement in Marker Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Orje” and “Örje”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Ørje Church and Haldenvassdragets Kanalmuseum.
Ørje
- Categories: urban area in Norway and locality
- Location: Marker, Østfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.48023° or 59° 28′ 49″ north
Longitude
11.66016° or 11° 39′ 37″ east
Population
1,840
Elevation
133 metres (436 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NO ORJ
Open location code
9FFHFMJ6+33
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Ørje” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ørje”
- Cebuano: “Ørje”
- Chinese: “厄里耶”
- Danish: “Ørje”
- Dutch: “Ørje”
- Estonian: “Ørje”
- Finnish: “Ørje”
- French: “Ørje”
- German: “Ørje”
- Italian: “Ørje”
- Javanese: “Ørje”
- Malay: “Ørje”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ørje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ørje”
- Norwegian: “Ørje”
- Romanian: “Ørje”
- Slovenian: “Ørje”
- Spanish: “Ørje”
- Swedish: “Ørje”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Ørje”.
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Krokstad and Ørnås.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Marker folkebibliotek and Ørje post i butikk.
Østfold: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Fredrikstad and Sarpsborg.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.