Rygge

Rygge Municipality
Rygge kommune
Østfold within Norway
Østfold within Norway
Rygge within Østfold
Rygge within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°22′29″N 10°42′53″E / 59.37472°N 10.71472°E / 59.37472; 10.71472
CountryNorway
CountyØstfold
Administrative centreRygge
Government
 • Mayor (2007)Inger-Lise Skartlien (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total74 km2 (29 sq mi)
 • Land70 km2 (30 sq mi)
 • Rank#400 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total13,753
 • Rank#76 in Norway
 • Density197/km2 (510/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +12.8%
DemonymRyggesokning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0136[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Rygge was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. It was merged into Moss municipality on January 1, 2020. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rygge. Rygge was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

The emblem of Rygge is the Pasque flower. Rygge is connected to Oslo by double-tracked railway, and four-lane motorway.

Rygge was served by Moss Airport, which has not been operational since 2016.

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.

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