Bjørkelangen is a village of 3,196 inhabitants (January 2015 figures) in the

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county of south-eastern Norway. Located immediately north of Lake Bjørkelangen, it became the administrative centre of the

Aurskog-Høland Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold count ...

municipality in 1966. The village is home to a primary school, a junior high school, and two senior high schools:

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, which is a traditional high school offering a broad academic curriculum, and Kjelle Videregående Skole,Kjelle Videregående Skole homepage
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, and COOP Prix) and two petrol stations ( Shell and

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), as well as a number of clothing stores and other retail outlets in close proximity to the main, pedestrianized street.

Gallery

Image:Gågata_beskåret-.JPG, Main shopping street Image:Bjørkelangen_stasjon_beskåret-.JPG, Former railway station Image:Bjørkelangen kirke 20071021 1.jpg, Bjørkelangen church

References

Aurskog-Høland Villages in Akershus {{Akershus-geo-stub