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Ørje is the administrative centre of Marker municipality, Norway, not far from the Swedish border. Its population (2013) is 3872 Ørje was founded in the 1880s around a timber-processing mill.
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Ørje is the administrative centre of Marker municipality, Norway, not far from the Swedish border. Its population (2013) is 3872 Ørje was founded in the 1880s around a timber-processing mill.
Engebret Soot had built the first Norwegian canal locks at Ørje in the years 1857-1860 (no:Ørje sluser). The total lift of the locks are 10 meters (30 feet) divided on 3 steps.
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5Ørje is mapped from 3 source signal(s) and destination coordinates.