Editing Hobøl

{{Infobox kommune
|name               = Hobøl
|former = yes
|native_name        =
|native_name_lang   =
|other_name         =
|official_name      =
|idnumber           = 0138
|image_skyline      =   
|county             = Østfold
|capital            = [[Elvestad]]
|language           = [[Norwegian language|Neutral]]
|coatofarms         = Hobøl komm.svg
|demonym            = Hobøling<br />or Hobling
|munwebpage         = www.hobol.kommune.no
|mayor              = Kjell Håvard Jensen 
|mayor_party        = [[Progress Party (Norway)|FrP]]
|mayor_as_of        = 2007
|area_rank          = 365
|area_total_km2     = 140
|area_land_km2      = 139
|area_water_percent = 0.04
|population_as_of   = 2004
|population_rank    = 214
|population_total   = 4504
|populationpercent  = 0.10
|population_density_km2 = 32
|population_increase    = 13.4
|coordinates        = {{coord|59|35|35|N|10|56|45|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|utm_zone=32V|utm_northing=6607716|utm_easting=0609858|geo_cat=adm2nd}}

'''Hobøl''' was a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Østfold]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]].  The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of [[Elvestad]].  Hobøl is situated about {{convert|40|km|mi|0}} southeast of [[Oslo]].  The [[parish]] of ''Haabøl'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]).

The largest village in Hobøl was [[Tomter]], whose [[railway station]] is served by [[Eastern Østfold Line]].  Other villages in the municipality were [[Knapstad]], [[Ringvoll]], and the middle part of the municipality which is called Hobøl.

Hobøl was suggested as the replacement site for a new [[airport]] to replace [[Fornebu]], and in 1972 the [[Storting|Norwegian parliament]] voted to build it there. The 1973 oil crisis postponed that plan, and the new airport was finally built at [[Gardermoen]], north of Oslo.

==General information==
===Name===
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Hobøl'' farm ([[Old Norse]]: ''Hóbœli''), since the first church was built here. The first element is ''hór'' or ''hár'' meaning "high". The last element is ''bœli'' which means "[[farm]]". Thus the name means "the farm lying on a high ground".  Prior to 1889 the name was written "Haabøl".

===Coat-of-arms===
The [[Coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  It was granted on 30 August 1985; it shows the municipality as seen from above. The municipality is mainly formed by a large [[valley]], cut by the [[meander]]ing [[Hobølelva]] [[river]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|year=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/h/hobol.htm|access-date=2008-12-13}}</ref>

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Hobøl 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 |language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=29 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||207
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||129
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||48
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}||41
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}||36
|}

== Notable people ==
{{See also|Indre_Østfold_municipality#Notable_people}}

==Sister cities==
The following cities are [[town twinning|twinned]] with Hobøl:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hobol.kommune.no/Modules/Theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=2186&Category.ID=21789|title=Vennskapskommmunen Rongu i Estland|access-date=2008-12-16|publisher=Hobøl kommune|language=no|archive-date=2012-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219092413/http://www.hobol.kommune.no/Modules/Theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=2186&Category.ID=21789|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Estonia}} - [[Rõngu Parish|Rõngu]], [[Tartu County]], [[Estonia]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Hobøl}}
*{{wiktionary-inline|Hobøl}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001021027/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0138 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{wikivoyage inline|Østfold}}

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