Hurum

Hurum Municipality Hurum kommune
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Buskerud within Norway
Hurum within Buskerud
Coordinates: 59°36′11″N 10°31′5″E / 59.60306°N 10.51806°E / 59.60306; 10.51806
Country	Norway
County	Buskerud
District	Lower Buskerud
Administrative centre	Sætre
Government
• Mayor (2011)	Monica Vee Bratli (H)
Area
• Total	163 km2 (63 sq mi)
• Land	156 km2 (60 sq mi)
• Rank	#354 in Norway
Population  (2015)
• Total	9 365
• Rank	#120 in Norway
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+11.5%
Demonym	Huring or Høring[1]
Official language [2]
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0628[3]
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Hurum was a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. As of 1 January 2020 Hurum has merged with the municipalities of Røyken and Asker to form the new Asker Municipality located in the newly formed Viken county. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village Sætre. The municipality of Hurum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The small village of Holmsbu was granted town status in 1847, but it did not become a municipality of its own. It lost its town status on 1 January 1964.

Hurum was once suggested as the location for the new national airport of Norway. The plan was, however, abandoned, due to fears of too much fog in Hurum, and the main airport is now situated at Gardermoen in Akershus.