Everything about Borge Stfold totally explained
Borge is a former municipality in
Østfold county, Norway.
The parish of Borge was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt). The district of
Torsnes was separated from Borge as a municipality of its own January 1, 1910. The split left Borge with a population of 6,466.
In 1951 a part of Borge with 53 inhabitants was moved to
Fredrikstad municipality, and on
1 January 1964 the properties Gansrød and Ulfeng with 30 inhabitants followed the same way whereas the majority of Torsnes was reunited with Borge. After the merger Borge had a population of 9,219.
The rest of Borge (together with
Kråkerøy,
Onsøy and
Rolvsøy) was merged with the city of
Fredrikstad January 1, 1994. Prior to the merger Borge had a population of 11,959.
The name
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the farm Borge (
Norse Borgar), since the first church was built on its ground. The name is the plural form of
borg f '
hill fort'. (Remains of a such is, however, not found in the area.)
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