Marka, Oslo

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Bydel Marka | type = Borough | image_shield = Oslo komm.svg | image_map = Oslo marka.png | mapsize = 100px | image_skyline = Winter scenery at lake Øyangen, Krokskogen, Oslomarka - panoramio.jpg  | image_caption = Winter scenery at lake Øyangen, Krokskogen, Oslomarka | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Norway | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name2 = Oslo | iso_code = NO-030117 | leader_title =  | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = 301.1 | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_note = | population_as_of = 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=http://statistikkbanken.oslo.kommune.no/webview/velocity?v=2&mode=cube&cube=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistikkbanken.oslo.kommune.no%3A80%2Fobj%2FfCube%2FBe01-Befolkningen-etter-bydel-kjonn-og-alder-SSB_C1&study=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistikkbanken.oslo.kommune.no%3A80%2Fobj%2FfStudy%2FBe01-Befolkningen-etter-bydel-kjonn-og-alder-SSB |title=Befolkningen etter bydel, kjønn og aldersgrupper 1.1.2020 |year=2020 |author=Municipality of Oslo |accessdate=29 April 2020 |language=Norwegian |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520222959/http://statistikkbanken.oslo.kommune.no/webview/velocity?v=2&mode=cube&cube=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistikkbanken.oslo.kommune.no%3A80%2Fobj%2FfCube%2FBe01-Befolkningen-etter-bydel-kjonn-og-alder-SSB_C1&study=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistikkbanken.oslo.kommune.no%3A80%2Fobj%2FfStudy%2FBe01-Befolkningen-etter-bydel-kjonn-og-alder-SSB |url-status=dead }}</ref> | population_total = 1,610 | population_footnotes = | population_rank = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = 5.35 | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | website = [http://www.oslo.kommune.no/ oslo.kommune.no] }} '''Marka''' is the name of the forested and hilly areas surrounding Oslo, Norway. It includes areas within the municipality of Oslo, but also large areas in Hole, Ringerike in Buskerud county and Jevnaker, Lunner, Nittedal, Bærum, Asker, and other municipalities in Akershus county. The name is actually just the finite form of ''mark'' (Norse ''mǫrk'' f) 'woodland, forest'. (See also Finnmark, Hedmark, Telemark, Marker and Aremark.)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Oslomarka |title= Oslomarka|publisher = Store norske leksikon|author=Knut Are Tvedt|accessdate= September 15, 2016}}</ref>

Though not designated a borough of Oslo, it is a major recreational area for the population of Oslo, and development in the area is for the most part prohibited. Despite being used frequently by many inhabitants of Oslo, especially at weekends, the fauna of ''marka'' includes species such as lynx, wolf, beaver, moose and roe deer.

'''Oslomarka''' is the collective term usually used for all the recreational areas, comprising the contiguous areas of forest and open fields, around Oslo. '''Marka''' is the administrative name for the part of it that lies inside the city limits. Neighboring municipalities (most of which lie in Viken) do not have the same kind of administrative division as Oslo, and thus do not have any separate administrative arrangement for their parts of the area. The area within Oslo municipality is divided into two parts. The population and agricultural areas of Marka are located mainly in two valleys, Sørkedalen and Maridalen. thumb|left| Map of Oslomarka Oslomarka is further divided into: *Kjekstadmarka<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Kjekstadmarka|title= Kjekstadmarka|publisher = Store norske leksikon|author=Svein Askheim |accessdate= September 15, 2016}}</ref> *Vestmarka *Krokskogen * Bærumsmarka *Nordmarka *Romeriksåsen<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Romeriks%C3%A5sene|title= Romeriksåsene|publisher = Store norske leksikon|author=Svein Askheim |accessdate= September 15, 2016}}</ref> *Lillomarka *Gjelleråsen *Østmarka *Sørmarka<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/S%C3%B8rmarka|title= Sørmarka|publisher = Store norske leksikon|author=Knut Are Tvedt |accessdate= September 15, 2016}}</ref> Of these, Vestmarka, Kjekstadmarka, Romeriksåsene, Follomarka and Sørmarka lie almost entirely outside the city limits.

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== External links ==

* [https://www.oslo.kommune.nohttp//www.oslo.kommune.no/ Official website]

Category:Marka, Oslo Category:Boroughs of Oslo Category:Geography of Oslo Category:Forests and woodlands of Norway