Bjørkelangen

Village in Akershus, Norway

59°53′04″N 11°34′10″E / 59.88444°N 11.56944°E / 59.88444; 11.56944CountryNorwayCountyAkershusDistrictRomerikeMunicipalityAurskog-HølandArea

• Total2.76 km² (1.07 sq mi)Population

(2015)[1]

• Total3,196Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

1940

Bjørkelangen is a village of 3,196 inhabitants (January 2015 figures) ^[1] in the Akershus county of south-eastern Norway. Located immediately north of Lake Bjørkelangen, it became the administrative centre of the Aurskog-Høland municipality in 1966.

The village is home to a primary school, a junior high school, and two senior high schools: Bjørkelangen Videregående Skole,^[2] which is a traditional high school offering a broad academic curriculum, and Kjelle Videregående Skole,^[3] which focuses on agricultural and forestry education.

Commercial facilities in Bjørkelangen include three grocery stores, two petrol stations, as well as a number of clothing stores and other retail outlets near the main, pedestrianized street.