Ullensaker

Infobox_Kommune
name=Ullensaker
idnumber=0235
county=Akershus
landscape=Romerike
capital=Jessheim
governor=Harald Espelund (Frp)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=301
area=252
arealand=250
areapercent=0.08
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=36
population=23,784
populationpercent=0.52
populationdensity=95
populationincrease=28.2
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=60| lat_min=10| lat_sec=15| lon_deg=11| lon_min=11| lon_sec=17
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6672471 |utm_easting=0621411| geo_cat=adm2nd


munwebpage=www.ullensaker.kommune.no

Ullensaker is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway. It has a population of approximately 26 000 inhabitants. It borders with Eidsvoll to the north, Nes to the east, Sørum to the south and Gjerdrum and Nannestad to the west.

ociety

Ullensaker has had a huge population increase the last 50 years. This increase has been slightly accelerating the last few years. From the year 2000 to 2007, the population of Ullensaker increased by almost 6,000 people. The recent increase is partly attributable to the founding of Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. [ [http://www.ssb.no/emner/02/02/folkendrhist/tabeller/tab/0235.html Ullensaker. Population numbers are as of January 1 as well as changes per year since 1951] ]

Historical population

See also:
* [http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/0235.html]

The international airport that serves as the main airport of Norway, Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, is located in Ullensaker. The Municipality has got two major centres of population, the village Kløfta and the town Jessheim, the latter one houses the administration center of Ullensaker. There is also a Royal Norwegian Army base at Sessvollmoen as well as a Royal Norwegian Air Force air station, Gardermoen Air Station.

Coat of arms

Ullensaker does not have an heraldic coat of arms properly granted. The municipality uses a non-heraldic badge of quite recent date, that shows the god Ullr of Norse mythology.

Attractions

* Raknehaugen - the largest tumulus of Northern Europe
* Trandumskogen - A memorial honoring 173 Norwegians, 15 Soviet citizens and 6 Britons that were executed by the nazis during World War II.
* Gardermoen Culture Park - An area close to Gardermoen Airport, which serves as the Norwegian Air Force's airplane collection and the Scandinavian Airlines Museum's location.

People from Ullensaker

See

ee also

*Kløfta
*Jessheim

External links

* [http://www.ullensaker.kommune.no/Modules/theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=1732&Category.ID=5095 Ullensaker municipality website]
* [http://www.gardermoenkulturpark.no/ Gardermoen culturepark] no icon

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