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Nedre Eiker Municipality

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Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Buskerud within Norway
	Nedre Eiker within Buskerud
Country	Norway
County	Buskerud
District	Eiker
Administrative centre	Mjøndalen
Government
• Governor (2007)	Elly Therese Thoresen (H)
Area
• Total	122 km2 (47 sq mi)
• Land	114 km2 (44 sq mi)
• Rank	#369 in Norway
Population (2004)
• Total	21,377
• Rank	#42 in Norway
• Density	187/km2 (480/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+11.5%
Demonym	Eikværing
Official language
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0625
Website	Official website
	Data from Statistics Norway

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Nedre Eiker is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mjøndalen. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into Nedre Eiker and Øvre Eiker on 1 July 1885.

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Eikjar. The name is the plural form of eiki which means "oak wood". The meaning of Nedre Eiker is "(the) lower (part of) Eiker". (The municipality of Eiker was divided in 1885.)

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 26 June 1970. The arms show three gold-colored oak leaves on a red background. The arms are canting because the meaning of the name (Eik) comes from the word for oak.^[4]

Geography

The municipality is located in the southern part of Buskerud county. It borders the municipalities of Lier, Drammen, Hof, and Øvre Eiker. The majority of the residents live in the villages of Mjøndalen, Krokstadelva, Solbergelva, and Steinberg.

The Drammenselva river flows through the municipality of Nedre Eiker.

Famous residents

Lars Korvald, former Prime Minister of Norway
Herman Wildenvey,(1886-1959), poet and author

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Gran:^[5]

Enköping, Uppsala County, Sweden

References

^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-1-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "Vennskaps- og samarbeidsavtale". Nedre Eiker kommune. Retrieved 2009-1-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) Template:No icon

External links

[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.

[2] "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.

[3] Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.

[4] Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-1-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[5] "Vennskaps- og samarbeidsavtale". Nedre Eiker kommune. Retrieved 2009-1-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) Template:No icon

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+| capital            = [[Mjøndalen]]
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+| demonym            = Eikværing
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+| language           = [[Bokmål]]
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+| governor           = Elly Therese Thoresen ([[Conservative Party of Norway|H]])
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 }}
-'''Nedre Eiker''' is a municipality in the county of [[Buskerud]], Norway.
-The old municipality of [[Eiker]] was divided into Nedre Eiker and [[Øvre Eiker]] July 1, 1885.
+'''Nedre Eiker''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Buskerud]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]].  It is part of the [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]] of [[Eiker]].  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of [[Mjøndalen]].  The old municipality of [[Eiker]] was divided into ''Nedre Eiker'' and ''[[Øvre Eiker]]'' on 1 July 1885.
+==General information==
-The municipality borders on [[Lier]], [[Drammen]], [[Hof, Vestfold|Hof]] and [[Øvre Eiker]].
+===Name===
+The [[Old Norse]] form of the name was ''Eikjar''. The name is the [[plural]] form of ''eiki'' which means "[[oak]] wood".  The meaning of ''Nedre Eiker'' is "(the) lower (part of) Eiker".  (The municipality of Eiker was divided in 1885.)  {{See also|Øvre Eiker}}
+===Coat-of-arms===
-The majority of the residents live in the villages of [[Mjøndalen]], [[Krokstadelva]], [[Solbergelva]] and [[Steinberg]].
+The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted on 26 June 1970.  The arms show three gold-colored [[oak]] [[leaf|leaves]] on a red background.  The arms are [[canting arms|canting]] because the meaning of the name (Eik) comes from the word for oak.<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/n/nedreeik.htm|accessdate=2009-1-10}}</ref>
+==Geography==
-The [[Drammenselva]] river flows through Nedre Eiker.
+[[Image:Drammenselva.jpg|thumb|left|Drammenselva river]]
+The municipality is located in the southern part of Buskerud county.  It borders the municipalities of [[Lier]], [[Drammen]], [[Hof, Vestfold|Hof]], and [[Øvre Eiker]].   The majority of the residents live in the villages of Mjøndalen, [[Krokstadelva]], [[Solbergelva]], and [[Steinberg]].
+The [[Drammenselva]] river flows through the municipality of Nedre Eiker.
-==The name==
-The meaning of ''Nedre Eiker'' is '(the) lower (part of) Eiker' (see: [[Øvre Eiker]]).
-==Coat-of-arms==
-The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1970). It shows three leaves of [[oak]].
 ==Famous residents==
-*[[Lars Korvald]], former Prime Minister of Norway
+*[[Lars Korvald]], former [[List of heads of government of Norway|Prime Minister of Norway]]
-*[[Herman Wildenvey]],(1886 - 1959), poet and author
+*[[Herman Wildenvey]],(1886-1959), [[poet]] and [[author]]
+==Sister cities==
+The following cities are [[town twinning|twinned]] with Gran:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nedre-eiker.kommune.no/vennskaps-og-samarbeidsavtale.533183-86396.html|title=Vennskaps- og samarbeidsavtale|publisher=Nedre Eiker kommune|accessdate=2009-1-10}} {{no icon}}</ref>
+* {{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Enköping Municipality|Enköping]]''', [[Uppsala County]], [[Sweden]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+{{commonscat|Nedre Eiker}}
+{{wiktionary|Nedre Eiker}}
 ==External links==
+* [http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0625 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
 * [http://www.kulturnett.no/geografisknavigering/geografisknavigering_visning.jsp?fylke=T952798&kommune=T1541485 Culture in Nedre Eiker on the map] from [[Kulturnett.no]]
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