Bjørkelangen

Bjørkelangen

Bjørkelangen

Village in Akershus, Norway

Bjørkelangen is a village of 3,196 inhabitants (January 2015 figures) [1] in the Akershus county of south-eastern Norway. Located immediately north of Lake Bjørkelangen, it became the administrative centre of the Aurskog-Høland municipality in 1966.

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The village is home to a primary school, a junior high school, and two senior high schools: Bjørkelangen Videregående Skole,[2] which is a traditional high school offering a broad academic curriculum, and Kjelle Videregående Skole,[3] which focuses on agricultural and forestry education.

Commercial facilities in Bjørkelangen include three grocery stores (Rimi, REMA1000, and COOP Prix) and two petrol stations (Shell and Esso), as well as a number of clothing stores and other retail outlets near the main, pedestrianized street.

  • Main shopping street
  • Former railway station
  • Bjørkelangen church

References

  1. [1]
    Statistics Norway table
  2. [2]
    Bjørkelangen Videregående Skole homepage
  3. [3]
    Kjelle Videregående Skole homepage


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