Editing Ås, Akershus

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{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Ås
| native_name         =
| native_name_lang    =
| other_name          =
| official_name       =
| idnumber           = 3218
| image_skyline      =Aaskirke.jpg
| county             = Akershus
| district           = [[Follo, Norway|Follo]]
| capital            = Ås
| language           = [[Norwegian language|Neutral]]
| coatofarms         = Ås komm.svg
| demonym            =
| munwebpage         = www.as.kommune.no
| mayor              =
| mayor_party        = [[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2007
| area_rank          = 383
| area_total_km2      = 103
| area_land_km2       = 101.3
| area_water_percent  = 0.03
| population_as_of   = 2020
| population_total   = 20652 
| populationpercent  = 0.31
| population_density_km2= 156.6
| population_increase= 17.5
| population_rank    =
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|39|37|N|10|47|1|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6614934 | utm_easting = 0600511 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Ås''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Akershus]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]].  It is part of the [[Follo, Norway|Follo]] [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]].  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås.  The parish of ''Aas'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]).

Ås is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in Akershus, with a population of 20,652 in 2020, and an increase of 539 in 2008.<ref name="ssb.no">{{cite web|title=Statistics Norway: Figures on Ås Municipality|url=http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0214|access-date=12 May 2009}}</ref> Ås is the largest agricultural municipality of Akershus, and home to the [[Norwegian University of Life Sciences]] and the amusement park [[Tusenfryd]].

==General information==

===Etymology===
The parish was named after the old ''Ås'' ([[Norse language|Norse]] ''Áss'') farm, since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word ''áss'' meaning "[[hill]]", "[[ridge]]" or "[[esker]]" (height in [[moraine]] landscape). Prior to 1921, the name was spelled ''Aas''.

===Coat-of-arms===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted on 23 July 1982.   The three silver diamonds are a symbol for the many archaeological findings in the area. The diamond ([[rhombus]]) shape was taken as it resembled many of the [[axe]]s found in the area ''(Nøstvet ax)''. The silver colour resembles the [[flint]], which the tools were made of. The number of three diamonds was chosen to represent the three parishes in the municipality: Ås, Kroer and [[Nordby, Norway|Nordby]].<ref name="kom" /><ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|year=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/a/as.htm|access-date=17 December 2008}}</ref>

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Ås by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title= Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population|publisher=ssb.no |access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||521
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||244
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||214
|-
| {{flag|Ethiopia}}||173
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}||161
|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}||136
|-
| {{flag|Iran}}||134
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}||132
|-
| {{flag|Iraq}}||122
|-
| {{flag|Kosovo}}||120
|}

==Economy==
The most important source of income is [[agriculture]]. Ås is the largest agricultural municipality of Akershus: providing the region with grain, [[vegetable]]s, and dairy products. Of the {{convert|101|km2|mi2|1}} of land in the municipality, about {{convert|39|km2|mi2|1}} are farmed and about {{convert|46|km2|mi2|1}} are forested.<ref name="kom">{{cite web|url=http://www.as.kommune.no/fakta-om-As-kommune.189891-27651.html|title=Fakta om Ås kommune|publisher=Ås kommune|access-date=17 December 2008|language=no}}</ref>

== The park at NMBU ==
The park at [[Norwegian University of Life Sciences]] is one of the largest and most completed neoclassical parka facilities in Norway. The park today appears as a result of the docent Olav L. Moen's plans from around 1924. The park is located at highway 152 towards Drøbak, about 1 kilometre west of Ås town centre. The entire park area is about 600 acres and is used for recreation and teaching. The park contains 800 different types of shrubs and trees, a teaching field with just over 200 perennial species and a rosarium founded in 1965. The plant species are collected family and family. Most of the plants are labelled so that it is possible for plant enthusiasts to orient themselves in the plant collection. The park is an integral part of [[Norwegian University of Life Sciences|NMBU]].

== Leonardo da Vinci Bridge ==
[[File:Da Vinci Bridge.jpg|thumb|left|Leonardo da Vinci Bridge in Ås (Åsmund Ødegård)]]
In Nygårdskrysset in Ås municipality over The [[European route E18]] lies the 108-metre-long Leonardo [[Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project|Da Vinci project]] which is a project by the painter and artist [[Vebjørn Sand]]as part of his Da Vinci project. Vebjørn Sand saw the drawings of the bridge for the first time in 1985. Later in 1995 he saw a model of the bridge on display in [[Stockholm]], and got the idea to build the bridge in full size.

The bridge was opened in October 2001. The bridge has received solid media coverage in Norway and in the rest of the world. In the United States, the bridge has been featured in [[CNN]], [[Washington Post]], [[The New York Times]] and [[Time Magazine]]. [[Leonardo da Vinci]] presented a miniature model of the bridge in 1502 that was originally designed by the Turkish sultan [[Bayezid II]] and intended to cross the Golden Horn at the [[Bosporos]]-Strait. The bridge was originally supposed to be 240 metres long.

==Climate==
{{Weather box
|location=Ås (1994–2023 normals and extremes)
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| Jan record high C = 11.9
| Feb record high C = 13.1
| Mar record high C = 21.1
| Apr record high C = 24.0
| May record high C = 29.5
| Jun record high C = 30.5
| Jul record high C = 33.6
| Aug record high C = 29.8
| Sep record high C = 26.1
| Oct record high C = 18.1
| Nov record high C = 16.1
| Dec record high C = 12.4

| Jan avg record high C = 6.4
| Feb avg record high C = 7.9
| Mar avg record high C = 12.5
| Apr avg record high C = 18.1
| May avg record high C = 23.4
| Jun avg record high C = 25.8
| Jul avg record high C = 27.3
| Aug avg record high C = 25.8
| Sep avg record high C = 21.5
| Oct avg record high C = 15.4
| Nov avg record high C = 10.9
| Dec avg record high C = 7.3

| Jan high C = -0.3
| Feb high C = 1.2
| Mar high C = 5.1
| Apr high C = 10.6
| May high C = 15.7
| Jun high C = 19.7
| Jul high C = 21.6
| Aug high C = 20.5
| Sep high C = 16.2
| Oct high C = 9.9
| Nov high C = 4.5
| Dec high C = 0.3

| Jan mean C = -2.8
| Feb mean C = -2.1
| Mar mean C = 0.6
| Apr mean C = 5.5
| May mean C = 10.6
| Jun mean C = 14.8
| Jul mean C = 16.8
| Aug mean C = 15.6
| Sep mean C = 11.8
| Oct mean C = 6.4
| Nov mean C = 1.9
| Dec mean C = -2.4

| Jan low C = -6.0
| Feb low C = -5.6
| Mar low C = -3.5
| Apr low C = 0.7
| May low C = 5.4
| Jun low C = 9.9
| Jul low C = 11.9
| Aug low C = 11.1
| Sep low C = 7.7
| Oct low C = 3.1
| Nov low C = -0.8
| Dec low C = -5.2

| Jan avg record low C = -16.9
| Feb avg record low C = -16.1
| Mar avg record low C = -12.0
| Apr avg record low C = -5.9
| May avg record low C = -1.5
| Jun avg record low C = 4.2
| Jul avg record low C = 6.4
| Aug avg record low C = 4.7
| Sep avg record low C = 0.3
| Oct avg record low C = -4.6
| Nov avg record low C = -8.9
| Dec avg record low C = -16.0

| Jan record low C = -25.5
| Feb record low C = -23.4
| Mar record low C = -20.7
| Apr record low C = -10.1
| May record low C = -4.9
| Jun record low C = 1.4
| Jul record low C = 4.4
| Aug record low C = 0.2
| Sep record low C = -3.4
| Oct record low C = -10.4
| Nov record low C = -15.0
| Dec record low C = -26.4

| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 66.9
| Feb precipitation mm = 51.9
| Mar precipitation mm = 40.9
| Apr precipitation mm = 50.0
| May precipitation mm = 63.9
| Jun precipitation mm = 78.8
| Jul precipitation mm = 81.0
| Aug precipitation mm = 88.6
| Sep precipitation mm = 95.1
| Oct precipitation mm = 104.7
| Nov precipitation mm = 91.1
| Dec precipitation mm = 72.4

|source=Seklima <ref>seklima.met.no</ref>
}}

==Transportation==
[[Ås Station]] is a train station served by the line R21 of the [[Oslo Commuter Rail]], operated by the [[Vy]]. Two of Norway's largest highways, [[European route E6]] and [[European route E18]], run through the municipality, and many of the inhabitants commute to [[Oslo]].

[[File:Ås stasjon TRS 070804 006.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ås Station]] opened on 2 January 1879 (pictured in August 2007)]]
A {{convert|240|m|ft|adj=mid|-long|1}} bridge, which is a smaller-scale recreation of a bridge that [[Leonardo da Vinci]] proposed in 1502 for the crossing of the [[Golden Horn]], is located in the municipality. It was created by Norwegian painter and artist [[Vebjørn Sand]] as part of his [[Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project|Da Vinci project]]. The bridge serves as a pedestrian crossing over European route E18.

==Population==
As of 1 January 2020, Ås municipality covers {{convert|101.3|km²|mi2|0}} and has 20,652 inhabitants.<ref name="ssb.no" /> In 2007, the Ås urban area had a population of 8,095.<ref name="ssb1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/tab-2007-06-07-01-en.html|title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality|date=1 January 2007|access-date=6 March 2008|publisher=[[Statistics Norway]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080106220228/http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/tab-2007-06-07-01-en.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 6 January 2008}}</ref> The municipality also contains one additional urban area, [[Togrenda]], with a population of 2,783. Also, 1,566 inhabitants live in the [[Ski, Norway|Ski]] urban area.

== Notable residents ==
[[File:Christian Magnus Falsen EM.01457 crop.jpg|140px|thumb|Christian Magnus Falsen]]
* [[Christian Magnus Falsen]] (1782–1830), [[Constitution of Norway|Norwegian constitution]]al father, jurist and historian; lived in Ås from 1808
* [[Ragnar Skancke]] (1890 in Ås – executed 1948), electrical engineer, appointed Govt. Minister in Vidkun Quisling's [[Nasjonal Samling]] government; the last person to be executed in Norway
* [[Fanny Elsta]] (1899–1978), opera singer; raised in Ås<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Svendsen|first1=Trond Olav|title=Fanny Elsta|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Fanny_Elsta|language=no|access-date=12 August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Birger Hønningstad]] (1904 in Ås – 1976), an engineer and aircraft designer
* [[Karen Holtsmark]] (1907 in Ås – 1998), a Norwegian painter
* [[Odd Tandberg]] (1924 in Ås – 2017), a Norwegian painter and printmaker
* [[Øystein Wiik]] (born 1956), actor and singer
* [[Solveig Kringlebotn]] (born 1963), a Norwegian operatic [[soprano]]
* [[Edvard Skagestad]] (born 1988 in Ås), a Norwegian footballer with 230 club caps
* [[K-391]] (Kenneth Osberg Nilsen) (born 1994), a music producer

==Sister cities==
The following cities are [[town twinning|twinned]] with Ås:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kultursenteret.as.kommune.no/nyttige-lenker.131589.no.html|title=Nyttige lenker i Ås|publisher=Ås kommune|access-date=28 April 2012}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|SWE}} – [[Ljungby Municipality]], [[Kronoberg County]], [[Sweden]]
* {{flagicon|FIN}} – [[Paimio]], [[Western Finland|Länsi-Suomi]], [[Finland]]
* {{flagicon|DEN}} – [[Holbæk Municipality]], [[Region Sjælland]], [[Denmark]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Ås}}
{{Wikivoyage|Ås}}
{{Wiktionary|Ås}}
*[http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0214 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]

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