Sørum

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Sørum kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Akershus within Norway
Sørum within Akershus
Coordinates: 60°0′21″N 11°15′34″E / 60.00583, 11.25944
Country	Norway
County	Akershus
District	Romerike
Municipality ID	NO-0226
Administrative centre	Sørumsand
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Hans Marius Johnsen (Ap)
Area (Nr. 327 in Norway)
- Total	207 km² (79.9 sq mi)
- Land	200 km² (77.2 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	12,768
- Density	64/km² (165.8/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	12.7 %
- Rank in Norway	85
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Neutral
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.sorum.kommune.no

Sørum is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway.

Sørum was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Blaker was merged with Sørum January 1, 1962.

To the north Sørum borders Ullensaker, to the east Nes and Aurskog-Høland, in the south to Fet and to the west to Skedsmo and Gjerdrum.

Contents 1 The name 2 Coat-of-arms 3 Schools 4 External links

[edit] The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Sørum (Norse Suđrheimr), since the first church was built here. The first element is suđr 'southern', the last element is heimr m 'home, homestead, farm'.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1981), but it is based upon a Middle Age coat-of-arms of a nobleman from the municipality. It shows a red rose.

[edit] Schools

• Sørumsand videregående skole

[edit] External links

• http://www.sorum.kommune.no

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