Ørje is the administrative centre of Marker municipality, Norway, not far from the Swedish border. Its population ) is 1,881. 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 . The total lift of the locks are 10 meters divided on 3 steps. The locks are situated between the lakes Rødenessjøen and Øymarksjøen as a part of the Halden Canal Waterway System.In the decades following World War II, Ørje developed substantial industry and commerce. Today, the service sector, including tourism have partly replaced manufacture and agriculture/forestry as t...
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