Årum is a neighborhood in the north-eastern part of

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipal ...

municipality,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. It is located below

Sarpsfossen Sarp Falls ( or ') is a waterfall at Sarpsborg in Østfold, Norway. It is the second largest waterfall in Europe by Discharge (hydrology) , discharge, after the Rhine Falls. This is the last waterfall on the Glomma River, which is the longest rive ...

on the eastern bank of

Glomma The Glomma or Glåma is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country. Geography At its fullest length, the river r ...

. Årum including the neighborhood Sundløkka had 1,183 inhabitants in 2023. In transportation, Årum is known for the

European route E6 European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the countr ...

passing it, with the Sannesund Bridge over Glomma landing at Årum.

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Villages in Østfold Fredrikstad {{Østfold-geo-stub