Askim

Askim is a municipality in the county of , . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 15,600 residents
  • Description: former municipality in Østfold in Norway
  • Also known as: “Aschim kommune”, “Askim kommun”, “Askim Municipality”, “conceyu d’Askim (Noruega)”, “Kommunen Askim”, “Аским”, “アシーム”, and “オッシム”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Askim station and Østfoldbadet.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located at Askim, on the Eastern Østfold Line. The railway station is served by the Oslo Commuter Rail line L22 from . The station was opened with the eastern line of Østfold Line in 1882.

Public building
is a water park located in Askim, . The park was officially opened on December 16, 2000. Construction commenced on August 31, 1999 and was completed in December 2000.

Church
Photo: Vidariv, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Askim

Latitude
59.5832° or 59° 34′ 60″ north
Longitude
11.1642° or 11° 9′ 51″ east
Population
15,600
Elevation
136 metres (446 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NO ASM
Open location code
9FFHH5M7+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31264074
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3162651
Wiki­data ID
Q109469
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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”
  • Banjar: “Askim, Norwegia”
  • Basque: “Askim”
  • Belarusian: “Ашым”
  • Bishnupriya: “আস্কিম”
  • Bulgarian: “Ашим”
  • Catalan: “Askim”
  • Cebuano: “Askim (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “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: “アスキム”
  • 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: “Askim”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Askim kommune”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “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: “Ашим”
  • Silesian: “Askim”
  • Slovenian: “Askim”
  • Spanish: “Askim”
  • Swahili: “Askim”
  • Swedish: “Askim”
  • Swedish: “Askims kommun, Norge”
  • Swedish: “Askims kommun”
  • Turkish: “Askim”
  • Ukrainian: “Муніципалітет Аскім”
  • Urdu: “آسکم”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Askim”

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