Editing Nes, Akersh

{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Nes
| native_name         =
| native_name_lang    =
| other_name          =
| official_name       =
| idnumber           = 3228
| image_skyline      = 
| county             = Akershus
| district           = Romerike
| capital            = [[Årnes]]
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| coatofarms         = Nes_Akershus_komm.svg
| demonym            = Nesbu
| munwebpage         = www.nes-ak.kommune.no
| mayor              = Oddmar Blekkerud 
| mayor_party        = [[Norwegian Labour Party|Ap]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2007
| area_rank          = 177
| area_total_km2      = 637
| area_land_km2       = 609
| area_water_percent  = 0.20
| population_as_of   = 2017
| population_rank    = 53
| population_total   = 21513
| populationpercent  = 0.39
| population_density_km2= 35
| population_increase= 15.7
| coordinates        = {{coord|60|7|51|N|11|29|21|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6668602 | utm_easting = 0638278 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}
[[File: Nes kirkeruiner All around.jpg|thumb|Nes Church ruins]] 
[[File:Svanfossen.JPG|thumb| Svanfossen on the river [[Vorma]] in Fenstad]] 
[[File:Seterstøa stasjon TRS 070609 018.jpg|thumb|Seterstøa station in Nes was built in 1862]]
[[File:Gamlehvam 16.jpg|thumb|Gamle Hvam Museum in Nes]]

'''Nes''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Akershus]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]].  It is part of the [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]] of [[Romerike]].  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of [[Årnes]].

==Name==
The municipality (originally the [[parish]]) is named after the old ''Nes'' farm ([[Old Norse]]: ''Nes'' which means "[[headland]]"), since the first church was built here. The actual ''nes'' is the headland made by the two great rivers [[Glomma]] and [[Vorma]], which have their [[Confluence|meeting point]] just south of the farm.  Prior to 1889, the name was spelled ''"Næs"''.

==Coat-of-arms==
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted in 1988.  The arms show three yellow [[Logging|log]]s (to represent [[forestry]]) on a green background (to symbolize youth and hope). The position of the logs represents the meeting of the rivers Glomma and Vorma, creating the headland of Nes.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2008-12-20|url=http://www.nes-ak.kommune.no/Modules/theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=2746&Category.ID=7323|title=Beskrivelse av kommunevåpenet|publisher=Nes kommune|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610013135/http://www.nes-ak.kommune.no/Modules/theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=2746&Category.ID=7323|archive-date=2011-06-10}}</ref>  {{See also-text|Coats-of-arms of [[Søndre Land]] and [[Stokke]]}}

==History==
The parish of ''Næs'' was established as a municipality of its own on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]).

==Nes Church Ruins==
Nes Church ruins (''Nes kirkeruin'') are one of Norway's best preserved church ruins. The church which dated from ca 1100 was designed in [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style and was extended into a cruciform church in 1697. The old medieval stone  was located near the juncture of two rivers; [[Glomma]] and [[Vorma]]. The church suffered fire damage in 1854. After the fire the walls were preserved  as ruins. The new Nes Church was completed in 1860.<ref>{{cite web |url=   http://www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Nes_kirke|title= Nes gamle kirke|publisher =Norges Kirker|author=   Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie|access-date= September 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=   http://mia.no/nes/kirkeruin|title= Nes Kirkeruin|publisher =   Museum of Akersus    
|access-date= June 1, 2017}}</ref>

==Geography==
The municipality borders [[Eidsvoll]], [[Ullensaker]], [[Sørum]], and [[Aurskog-Høland]] in Akershus county and [[Eidskog]], [[Sør-Odal]], and [[Nord-Odal]] in [[Hedmark]] county.

Nes includes many natural attractions, such as parts of the river [[Glomma]], as well as 168 lakes. [[moose|Elk]], [[European beaver|beaver]], [[gray wolf|wolf]], and [[lynx]] can be found here. [[Hunting]] and sport[[fishing]] are very prevalent.

Eight hundred farms make the area one of the largest producers of [[wheat]] in the country.

===Villages===
*[[Årnes]]
*[[Vormsund]]
*[[Ingeborgrud|Skogrand]]
*[[Aulifeltet]]
*[[Neskollen]]
*[[Fenstad]]
*[[Brårud]]
*[[Fjellfoten]]
*[[Haga, Nes|Haga]]

==Demography==
{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nes 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=25 June 2017}}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||461
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||257
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||141
|-
| {{flag|Russia}}||134
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}||116
|-
| {{flag|Eritrea}}||115
|-
| {{flag|Thailand}}||106
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}||105
|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}||97
|-
| {{flag|Philippines}}||85
|}

== Notable people ==
[[File:Marie Haga Portait.jpg|140px|thumb|Åslaug Marie Haga, 2016]]
* [[Gudbrand Bøhn]] (1839 in Nes – 1906) a violinist, concertmaster and music teacher
* [[Ivar Throndsen]] (1853 in Nes – 1932) an engraver, worked at the Royal Mint in Kongsberg
* [[Harald Otto]] (1865 in Nes – 1928) a Norwegian actor and theater director
* [[Åsmund Esval]] (1889 in Nes – 1971) a Norwegian landscape painter
* [[Odd Fossengen]] (1945 in Nes – 2017) a Norwegian international motorcycle speedway rider
* [[Åslaug Haga]] (born 1959 in Nes) diplomat, politician and international civil servant

=== Sport ===
* [[John Møller]] (1866 in Nes – 1935) a rifle shooter, team silver medallist at the [[1906 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Geir Frigård]] (born 1970 in Vormsund) a former professional footballer with 339 club caps and 5 for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
* twins [[Lotta Udnes Weng]] & [[Tiril Udnes Weng]] (born 1996 in Nes) Norwegian cross-country skiers

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Nes, Akershus}}
*{{wiktionary-inline|Nes}}
*[https://www.ssb.no/kommunefakta/nes-akershus Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Akershus}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070206193855/http://www.nes-ak.kommune.no/akershus/nes/nesk.nsf/id/EAF8CED875295384C1256CDE002A153A?OpenDocument Tourist information]
*[http://www.raumnes.no/ Raumnes]: newspaper for Nes på Romerike {{in lang|no}}

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