Nes, Buskerud
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| Image:Nes i Buskerud kart.png | ||
| County | Buskerud | |
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| Municipality | NO-0616 | |
| Administrative centre | Nesbyen | |
| Mayor (2005) | Audun Aasheim (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 135 810 km² 773 km² 0.25 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 248 3,467 0.08 % 1.6 % 4/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.nes-bu.kommune.no | ||
Image:Nesbyen, Nes.jpg Nes is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway. It lies in the valley and traditional district of Hallingdal. It is bordered on the north by Gol, on the east by Sør-Aurdal, on the southeast by Flå, on the southwest by Nore og Uvdal, and to the west by Ål.
The majority of the residents live in the villages of Nesbyen, Espeset, Eiddal, Sjong, Børtnes, Bromma, Svenkerud and at Liahaugen. The administrative center is located in Nesbyen.
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History
Ancient routes went to Vestlandet through Valdres and Hallingdal and down Røldal to Odda. Reflecting this route, Hallingdal and its neighboring valley of Valdres were originally populated by migrants from Vestlandet and spoke a western dialect. In recognition of this, Cardinal Nicholas Breakespear, who was in Scandinavia as papal legate in 1153, included these two valleys in the Diocese of Stavanger.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
What to see
Image:Trøymstugua, Hallingdal Museum.jpg Hallingdal Museum, is located in Nesbyen. It has a large and unique collection of buildings and artifacts from farms in Hallingdal. Special mentions is houses like Staveloftet from about 1340 from the farm Stave and Trøymstua from about 1645, coming from Hemsedal.
There is an old meteor crater just north of Nesbyen, about 6 kilometres north and then 4 kilometres into the wood. About 650 million years ago a 2-300 metres meteorite struck this area. This resulted in a 5 kilometres crater and an enormous amount of outpouring of energy by the impact.
Famous residents
- Hans Gude (1825-1903), painter, Norwegian romantic nationalism, famous painting from the area includes Nes stave church, — Nes stavkirke (1845)
- Eilif Petersen (1852-1928), painter
- Fernanda Ytteborg (1869-1954), art collector
References and notes
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External links
| Municipalities of Buskerud | Image:Buskerud vapen.png |
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Drammen | Flesberg | Flå | Gol | Hemsedal | Hol | Hole | Hurum | Kongsberg | Krødsherad | Lier | Modum | Nedre Eiker | Nes | Nore og Uvdal | Ringerike | Rollag | Røyken | Sigdal | Øvre Eiker | Ål | |
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