Municipality:Oslo

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Oslo
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The municipality of Oslo is surrounded by the county (fylke) of Viken in the region of Østlandet (Eastern Norway)
Coat of arms of Oslo.png
Coat of arms of Oslo
CountryNorway Flag of Norway.png
RegionØstlandet
Number of zones528
Maximum PPH568
Last updated2022-01-06


Oslo is a municipality in the region of Østlandet (Eastern Norway) in Norway. With just over 700,000 inhabitants, the municipality is Norway's most populous municipality and constitutes its own county (fylke).

Oslo is the capital of Norway.

Location

The municipality is located in the interior of the Oslofjord and borders the municipalities of Bærum and Municipality: Ringerike Ringerike in the west, Lunner in the north, Nittedal, Lillestrøm (which is a merger of the municipalities Fat, Sørum and Skedsmo), Lørenskog and Enebakk in the east, and Nordre Follo (which is a merger of the municipalities Oppegård and Ski) and Nesodden in the south. The municipality constitutes its own county (fylke), while the neighboring municipalities are part of Viken county.

Urban areas

The southern third of the municipality constitutes the central parts of the Norwegian capital Oslo (which in the form of urban area Oslo also extends into ten municipalities in Viken county). Two thirds of the municipality is part of the large forest area called Marka. In addition to Oslo, there is the small town Movatn with just over 300 inhabitants.

Zones

There are 528 turf zones in Oslo municipality, of which 90 are counted as winner zones, three water zones, four train station zones, one monument zone, 22 holy zones, 13 bridge zones, two castle zones and four ruin zones.

The most taken zone is BigThingPark which is located in the park in front of the Parliament of Norway (Stortinget), in central Oslo.

Year in parentheses indicates year of creation.

Zontyp02.png Winner zones

Zontyp03.png Water zones

Zontyp04.png Train station zones

Zontyp06.png Monument zones

Zontyp07.png Holy zones

Zontyp09.png Bridge zones

Zontyp10.png Castle zones

Zontyp11.png Ruin zones

Other zones

Updated: 2022-01-06

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