Fosser | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Akershus |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Akershus |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Akershus |
Subdivision Name2: | Romerike |
Subdivision Name3: | Aurskog-Høland |
Area Total Km2: | 0.71 |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Footnotes: | http://www.ssb.no/beftett_en/arkiv/tab-2007-06-07-01-en.html |
Population Total: | 578 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 59.8167°N 40°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1963 |
Fosser is a village in the municipality of Aurskog-Høland, Norway. Its population (2007) is 578. Fosser had a station on the Urskog-Hølandsbanen from the opening of the Hølandsbanen in 1898 and until the line was closed down in 1960.
The village derives its name from the local waterfall (waterfall = foss in Norwegian). The waterfall flows from the lake "Øversjøen" into "Fossersjøen" this lake is locally known for large Pike.