Editing Asker (section)

{{About|geographical Asker and the former municipality in Akershus|the four times larger administrative municipality established in 2020|Asker (municipality)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Asker
|former                 = yes
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|other_name             = 
| idnumber           = 0220
| image_skyline      = SNC10692 (cropped).JPG
| county             = Akershus
| capital            = Asker
| demonym            = Askerbøring
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| coatofarms         = Asker_komm.svg
| flag = none
| munwebpage         = www.asker.kommune.no
| mayor              = Lene Conradi 
| mayor_party        = [[Conservative Party of Norway|H]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2007
| area_rank          = 385
| area_total_km2      = 101
| area_land_km2       = 97
| area_water_percent  = 0.03
| population_as_of   = 30 September 2019
| population_rank    = 11
| population_total   = 61906 {{increase}}
| populationpercent  = 1.11
| population_density_km2= 585
| population_increase= 15.7
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|50|7|N|10|26|6|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6633966 | utm_easting = 0580439 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

{{Historical populations
|footnote = '''''Source''': Statistics Norway.''<ref>[https://archive.today/20120526193657/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=folkfram Projected population – Statistics Norway]</ref>
|shading = off
|1951|13625 	 	 		 		 		  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  		  	  	  	  	  	
|1961|17755 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	
|1971|31702 	 	 	 	  	  	  	 	  	    	  	  	  	  	  	
|1981|35977 	 	 	 	 	 	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	
|1991|41903 		 	 	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	
|2001|49661 	 	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	
|2011|55284 
|2014|59037 		  	
|2021?|63381
|2031?|69296	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	
}}

'''Asker''' ({{langx|no|Asker}}), also called '''Asker proper''' (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Akershus]], [[Norway]], located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality [[Asker (municipality)|Asker]] (also known as Greater Asker<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.budstikka.no/article/53561!/|title=Nå er alt klart for "Stor-Asker" – også Ap vil sammen med Røyken og Hurum|first=Morten Gisle|last=Johnsen|date=25 May 2016|website=www.budstikka.no}}</ref>) together with the traditional [[Buskerud]] districts [[Røyken]] and [[Hurum]]; Asker constitutes the northern fourth and is part of the [[Greater Oslo Region]]. The administrative center was the town of Asker, which remains so for the new larger municipality. Asker was established as a parish in the Middle Ages and as a municipality [[Formannskapsdistrikt|on 1 January 1838]].