Røyken Municipality is a municipality in Buskerud County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda. The parish of Røken was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).Oslo ATCC, the Area Control Center for the controlled airspace above Østlandet is located here.General informationNameThe municipality is named after the old Røyken farm, since the first church was built there. The first element is raukr which means "pile, stack; mountain" and the last element is vin which means "meadow" or "pasture".See also Røykenvik.Coat-of-armsThe coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 15 December 1967. The figure shows a yellow fire on a blue background. It was chosen as a semi-canting symbol to represent smoke (which cannot be depicted in heraldry). The background for the motif is a common misunderstanding of the name as røyken the definite form of røyk meaning "smoke".
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