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| County | NO-06 |
| Region | Østlandet |
| Administrative centre | Drammen |
| County mayor | Tor Ottar Karlsen (Ap) |
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Ranked 12 14,910 km² 4. ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål ISO 3166-2NO is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Norway. Norway is divided into five major regions ( landsdeler) which consist of counties as follows Northern Norway Eastern Norway ( Norwegian: Østlandet ( Bokmål) or Austlandet ( Nynorsk) is the geographical region of the south-eastern There is also a town called Drammen in Wisconsin, named after the Norwegian city in 1877 Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Population figures from 2007. By population By area By density See also List Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 53 % |
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Ranked 8 251,220 5. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Population figures from 2007. By population By area By density See also List 29 % 6. 7 % 18/km² |
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Ranked 7 54,474 million NOK 3. A Metropolitan area 's gross regional product, ie GMP or GRP is one of several measures of the size of its economy The krone ( sign: kr; code: NOK) is the Currency of Norway. The plural form is kroner. 57 % 227,626 NOK |
Buskerud is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional is a county in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and Østfold. (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo is a county (fylke in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland. is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg. The county administration is located in Drammen. There is also a town called Drammen in Wisconsin, named after the Norwegian city in 1877
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Geography
Buskerud extends from Hurum at the Oslofjord to the Halling mountains and Hardanger. Hurum is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway Hurum was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt) The Oslofjord (Oslofjorden is a Bay in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbjørnskjær and Færder lighthouses Hardanger is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, dominated by the Hardangerfjord. The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. These are Eiker, Ringerike, Numedal and Hallingdal. Eiker is a traditional district in the county of Buskerud, Norway, consisting of the municipalities of Nedre Eiker and Ringerike is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway Numedal is a Traditional district in south-eastern Norway. Numedal running mainly north-to-south extends from Kongsberg in the south to Rødberg Hallingdal is a Valley and traditional district in Buskerud county in Norway. Hønefoss is the district capital of Ringerike. Hønefoss is an unincorporated city in Buskerud county Norway, and the centre of the municipality of Ringerike. Ringerike is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway Its western part is a mountainous plateau with forested valleys and high, grassy pastures; its eastern part contains a lowland basin with many lakes and streams. Tyrifjorden and Krøderen are the biggest lakes. Tyrifjorden is Norway 's fifth largest lake with an area of 137 km² has a volume of 13 km³ is 295 meters deep at its deepest and lies 63 meters above sea level Numedalslågen, the third longest river in Norway, starting in Hordaland, runs through Buskerud unto Vestfold where it reaches the sea, while river Begna sweeps into lake Sperillen. Numedalslågen is a river located in southeastern Norway. It stretches for over 250 kilometres through the counties of Vestfold and Buskerud, beginning is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland. Begna may refer to Begna Ethiopia Begna Oppland, a village in Norway Begna (river, in Norway Sperillen is Norway 's 33rd largest Lake with an area of 37 km² has a volume of 13 km³ is 123 meters deep at its deepeest and lies 150 meters above sea level
History
The area Ringerike may once have been a small kingdom. During the 10th century, Norway's kings Olav Trygvason and Olav Haraldsson grew up at Bønsnes in Ringerike. Olaf Tryggvason ( Old Norse: Óláfr Tryggvason, Norwegian: Olav Tryggvason) (960s &ndash September 9 ? 1000 was King of In the Numedal valley, silver has been mined in Kongsberg from the 17th century but was discontinued in 1957. Numedal is a Traditional district in south-eastern Norway. Numedal running mainly north-to-south extends from Kongsberg in the south to Rødberg Silver (ˈsɪlvɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol " Ag " (argentum from the Ancient Greek: ἀργήντος - argēntos gen This article is about the Norwegian town For the industrial corporation named Kongsberg see Kongsberg Gruppen (with links to subsidiary firms. Weapons industry had been developed in Kongsberg from 1814, and various high tech industry companies now represent the town's major employers. At Modum there once was a Cobalt pigment production works (Blaafarveværket, "The Blue-Color Works"). Modum is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway Modum was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt) Cobalt (ˈkoʊbɒlt is a hard lustrous silver-grey Metal, a Chemical element with symbol Co. For the drug referred to as "pigment" see Black tar heroin.
Economy
Today, agriculture, lumbering, wood-pulp mills, and industry are the county's main economic activities; ample hydroelectric power is produced by Begna and Rands rivers.
The name
The county is named after the old farm Buskerud (Norse Biskupsruð) in Modum, since this was the seat of the bailiffs in old time (until 1668). Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age Modum is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway Modum was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt) The first element is the genitive case of biskup m 'bishop', the last element is ruð n 'clearing, farm'. (The farm originally belonged to the bishop of Oslo. )
Coat of arms
Buskerud's coat of arms (created in April, 1966) features a blue bear whose coloring is symbolic of the Blue-Color Works. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The silver background of Buskerud's coat of arms represents the silver industry in Kongsberg. Chr7_skraaplanjpg|thumb|right|Inside the mines Christian 7 stoll (right «skråplanet» (down to the left]]The silver mines of Kongsberg, in Buskerud county in Norway
Municipalities
Buskerud County has a total of 21 municipalities:
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