Askim
Askim is a municipality in the county of Østfold, Norway. Askim centre had 13,822 inhabitants in 2014. It lies next to the longest river in Norway, Glomma, and has always been a strategic point in wars due to its bridges across the river.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 15,600 residents
- Description: former municipality in Østfold in Norway
- Also known as: “Askim Municipality”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Askim station and Østfoldbadet.
Askim station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Askim Station is located at Askim, Norway on the Eastern Østfold Line. The railway station is served by the Oslo Commuter Rail line L22 from Oslo Central Station. The station was opened with the eastern line of Østfold Line in 1882.
Østfoldbadet
Public building
Østfoldbadet is a water park located in Askim, Norway. The park was officially opened on December 16, 2000. Construction commenced on August 31, 1999 and was completed in December 2000.
Askim
- Categories: former municipality of Norway and locality
- Location: Indre Østfold Municipality, Østfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.5832° or 59° 34′ 60″ northLongitude
11.1642° or 11° 9′ 51″ eastPopulation
15,600Elevation
136 metres (446 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO ASMOpen location code
9FFHH5M7+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 31264074OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Askim” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Askim”
- Arabic: “أسكيم”
- Armenian: “Ասքիմ”
- Asturian: “Askim kommune”
- Asturian: “Askim”
- Asturian: “conceyu d’Askim (Noruega)”
- Banjar: “Askim, Norwegia”
- Basque: “Askim”
- Belarusian: “Ашым”
- Bishnupriya: “আস্কিম”
- Bulgarian: “Ашим”
- Catalan: “Askim”
- Cebuano: “Askim (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Askim”
- Chinese: “Askim”
- Chinese: “阿希姆”
- Czech: “Askim”
- Danish: “Askim”
- Dutch: “Askim”
- Esperanto: “Askim”
- Estonian: “Askimi vald”
- Finnish: “Askim”
- French: “Askim”
- German: “Askim”
- Hebrew: “אסקים”
- Hungarian: “Askim”
- Indonesian: “Askim, Norwegia”
- Indonesian: “Askim”
- Irish: “Askim”
- Italian: “Askim”
- Japanese: “アシーム”
- Japanese: “アスキム”
- Japanese: “オッシム”
- Javanese: “Askim”
- Korean: “아심”
- Latin: “Askim”
- Limburgan: “Askim”
- Lithuanian: “Ašimas”
- Low German: “Kommun Askim”
- Malay: “Askim”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Askim”
- Northern Sami: “Askim”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aschim kommune”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Askim kommune”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Askim”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Askim kommune”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Askim”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kommunen Askim”
- Norwegian: “Askim”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Askim”
- Persian: “آشیم”
- Polish: “Askim”
- Portuguese: “Askim”
- Romanian: “Comuna Askim, Norvegia”
- Romanian: “Comuna Askim”
- Russian: “Ашим”
- Serbian: “Ašim”
- Serbian: “Askim”
- Serbian: “Аским”
- Serbian: “Ашим”
- Silesian: “Askim”
- Slovenian: “Askim”
- Spanish: “Askim”
- Swahili: “Askim”
- Swedish: “Askim kommun”
- Swedish: “Askim”
- Swedish: “Askims kommun, Norge”
- Swedish: “Askims kommun”
- Turkish: “Askim”
- Ukrainian: “Муніципалітет Аскім”
- Waray (Philippines): “Askim”
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