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Ådal is a valley and former municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.

The municipality was created in 1857 by a split from Norderhov. At that time Ådal had a population of 2,382.

On 1 January 1964 Ådal was merged with Hønefoss, Tyristrand, Hole and Norderhov to form the new municipality Ringerike. Prior to the merger Ådal had a population of 3,442.

The name

The Old Norse name of the district was Árdalr. The first element is the genitive case of á f 'river', the last element is dalr m 'dale, valley'.

References

  • Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) Template:No icon

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