Røyken

Summary

Røyken is a former municipality of Norway^[1]. Røyken ranks in the top 7% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Røyken is located in Buskerud^[3].
• Røyken is in the country of Norway^[4].
• Røyken's head of government is recorded as Rune Kjølstad^[5].
• Røyken's head of government is recorded as Eva Norén Eriksen^[6].
• Røyken's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway^[7].
• Røyken's capital is recorded as Midtbygda^[8].
• Røyken's shares border with is recorded as Lier^[9].
• Røyken's shares border with is recorded as Asker^[10].
• Røyken's shares border with is recorded as Hurum^[11].
• Røyken's coat of arms image is recorded as Røyken komm.svg^[12].
• Røyken's locator map image is recorded as NO 0627 Røyken.svg^[13].
• Røyken's Commons category is recorded as Røyken^[14].
• Røyken's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 407793^[15].
• Røyken's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[16].
• +1838-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Røyken^[17].
• Røyken was dissolved in +2019-12-31T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Røyken's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.733611111111, 'lon': 10.428888888889}^[19].
• Røyken's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0187cj^[20].
• Røyken's significant event is recorded as boundary change^[21].
• Røyken's significant event is recorded as boundary change^[22].
• Røyken's official website is recorded as http://www.royken.kommune.no/^[23].
• Røyken's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Røyken^[24].
• Røyken's Commons gallery is recorded as Røyken^[25].
• Røyken's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 63b80683-2d46-4af3-8639-b9984ae39dab^[26].
• Røyken's population is recorded as {'amount': '+21492'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Røyken is in the country of Norway^[4]. Røyken is located in Buskerud^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+113'}^[28], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+112.62830409426846'}^[29], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+143.14321663569837'}^[30], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+30.5149125414299'}^[31], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.6760328609548605'}^[32], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+21492'}^[27] and {'amount': '+22635'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Røyken's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Norway^[7].

History and Context

+1838-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Røyken^[17].

Why It Matters

Røyken ranks in the top 7% of former_municipality_of_norway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2] Røyken has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Røyken is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]