What is "elvestad"

Elvestad is a well-known traffic junction area and a village in the Hobøl municipality in the Østfold county, Norway. It is where the "Riksvei" ( country road route 120 and Europe Way ( European route) E18 cross each other. Riksvei 120 goes between Gardermoen airport via Gjerdrum municipality (and then Lillestrøm City) in the Akershus county and Moss City in the Østfold county.

Elvestad is the administrative centre of Hobøl municipality (even if it is the least populus centre in Hobøl), because the municipality house is placed just by the intersection area of the national main routes E18 / Riksvei 120.

Elvestad is host to the municipality administration and an Asylum-Seeker Centre. Topographically it is situated in a small valley that is around two kilometers wide at the widest point.