Editing Røyken

{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Røyken
| native_name        =
| native_name_lang   =
| other_name         =
| official_name      =
| idnumber           = 0627
| image_skyline      = Royken st1.jpg
| county             = Buskerud
| district           = [[Buskerud#Geography|Lower Buskerud]]
| capital            = Midtbygda
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| coatofarms         = Røyken_komm.svg
| demonym            = Røykenbøring
| munwebpage         = www.royken.kommune.no
| mayor              = Eva Norén Eriksen 
| mayor_party        = [[Conservative Party of Norway|H]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2015
| area_rank          = 378
| area_total_km2      = 113
| area_land_km2       = 111
| area_water_percent  = 0.03
| population_as_of   = 2014
| population_rank    = 59
| population_total   = 20621
| populationpercent  = 0.37
| population_density_km2= 153
| population_increase= 15.2
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|44|1|N|10|25|44|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6622636 | utm_easting = 0580343 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Røyken''' is a district and village (''bygd'') and a former [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Buskerud]] in [[Viken (county)|Viken County]], [[Norway]]. In 2020 Røyken was merged with the municipalities of [[Hurum]] and [[Asker]] to form the new [[Asker (municipality)|Asker Municipality]] (informally called "Greater Asker") located in the newly formed [[Viken (county)|Viken]] [[Counties of Norway|county]]. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda.  The [[parish]] of ''Røken'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]).

[[Oslo Air Traffic Control Center|Oslo ATCC]], the [[Area Control Center]] for the [[controlled airspace]] above [[Eastern Norway|Østlandet]] is located here.

==General information==
===Name===
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Røyken'' farm ([[Norse language|Norse]] ''Raukvin''), since the first church was built there. The first element is ''raukr'' which means "pile, stack; [[mountain]]" and the last element is ''vin'' which means "[[meadow]]" or "[[pasture]]".

{{See also|Røykenvik Station}}

===Coat-of-arms===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted on 15 December 1967.  The figure shows a yellow [[fire]] on a blue background.  It was chosen as a semi-[[canting arms|canting]] symbol to represent [[smoke]] (which cannot be depicted in [[heraldry]]). The background for the motif is a common misunderstanding of the name as ''røyken'' the definite form of ''røyk'' meaning "[[smoke]]".<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/r/royken.htm|access-date=2009-01-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royken.kommune.no/Om-royken/Kommunevapenet/ |title=Kommunevåpenet |access-date=2009-01-11 |publisher=Røyken kommune |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210154510/http://www.royken.kommune.no/Om-royken/Kommunevapenet/ |archive-date=February 10, 2009 |language=no}}</ref>

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Røyken   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 |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=29 July 2017|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}}||829
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||253
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||216
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}||172
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}||164
|-
| {{flag|India}}||113
|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}||109
|-
| {{flag|Afghanistan}}||104
|-
| {{flag|UK}}||96
|-
| {{flag|Iran}}||85
|}

==Geography==
Røyken is located south of [[Lier, Norway|Lier]] and [[Asker]], on the northern part of the Hurum peninsula north of [[Hurum]] municipality. It lies between [[Oslofjord]] and [[Drammensfjord]]. It is connected to the eastern side of the Oslofjord via Hurum municipality and the [[Oslofjord Tunnel]]. The tunnel is {{convert|7.2|km|mi}} long and connects Hurumhalvøya to Akershus county.

The district includes large amounts of residential zones with beautiful sights of the sea. The administration is situated in the village of Midtbygda. The main population centers are the villages of Hyggen, Hallenskog, Midtbygda, Nærsnes, Røyken, [[Slemmestad]], [[Spikkestad]], and Åros. Many people live in the northern part of [[Bødalen, Buskerud|Bødalen]] and its vicinities, which is a continuous residential area that continues throughout Asker and [[Bærum]] to [[Oslo]].

==Municipality Reform==
As part of the municipality reform process instigated by [[Minister of Local Government and Modernisation (Norway)|Minister of Local Government]] [[Jan Tore Sanner]] the municipalities of Asker, Hurum and Røyken evaluated if they should merge into a new common municipality during the first half of 2016. A tentative agreement was reached and on 16 June 2016 the Municipal Council of Røyken approved the merger with [[Asker]] and [[Hurum]] with 24 votes for and 3 against.<ref name="Røyken Kommune sammenslåing" /> The merger date was 1 January 2020 and the chosen name was Asker.<ref name="Røyken Kommune sammenslåing">{{Cite web|title=Røyken sier ja til sammenslåing|url=https://www.royken.kommune.no/Aktuell-informasjon/Royken-sier-ja-til-sammenslaing/|publisher=Røyken kommune|date=2016-06-16|access-date=2016-06-16|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821225327/https://www.royken.kommune.no/Aktuell-informasjon/Royken-sier-ja-til-sammenslaing/|archive-date=2016-08-21}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
* [[Einar Jansen]] (1893 in Røyken – 1960) a Norwegian historian, genealogist and archivist 
* [[Jonas Fjeldstad]] (1894 in Røyken – 1985) a prize-winning [[oceanographer]] and mathematician
* [[Ove Bang]] (1895 in Røyken – 1942) a Norwegian architect, advocated [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalism]] in architecture
* [[Eberhart Jensen]] (1922 in Røyken – 2003) a Norwegian [[astrophysicist]] 
* [[Bjørge Lillelien]] (1927 in Slemmestad – 1987) a sports journalist and commentator for [[NRK]] 
* [[Kate Gulbrandsen]] (born 1965 in Slemmestad) one of Norway's former Eurovision singers
* [[Melissa Wiik]] (born 1985 in Slemmestad) a footballer with 200 club caps and 63 for [[Norway women's national football team|Norway women]]
* [[Torbjørn Bergerud]] (born 1994 in Åros) a handball player for [[Kolstad Håndball]] and the [[Norway men's national handball team|Norwegian handball team]].

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Røyken videregående steinerskole - 2011-08-10 - J. P. Fagerback.jpg |Røyken Steiner High School
File:Odden.JPG| Odden Marina
File:Røyken stasjon TRS 070106 017.jpg| Røyken Rail Station
File:Royken rdhs1.jpg| Røyken City Hall
File:Røyken kirke TRS 060620 003.jpg| Røyken Church
File:Røyken-Geitungsholmen-jpfagerback-87316.jpg|Geitungsholmen nature reserve
File:Røyken-Kutangen-naturminne-jpfagerback-87315.jpg|Kutangen protected nature area, Slemmestad
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Røyken}}
*{{wti|Røyken}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210853/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0627 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Buskerud}}

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