Modum Municipality
Modum kommune | |
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 Flag | |
 Buskerud within Norway | |
 Modum within Buskerud | |
| Coordinates: 59°57′27″N 9°58′58″E / 59.95750°N 9.98278°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Buskerud |
| District | Ringerike |
| Administrative centre | Vikersund |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Sunni Grøndahl Aamodt (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 515 km2 (199 sq mi) |
| • Land | 463 km2 (179 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #204 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 12,594 |
| • Rank | #87 in Norway |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +3.2% |
| Demonym | Moing/Moding[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3316[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Modum is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
The area has a long tradition of skiing with several famous skiers. Modum is home to one of the largest ski jumping hills in the world, Vikersundbakken which is situated in Heggen, outside Geithus. The hill record, established in 2017 is a jump of 253.5 metres (832 ft).
- ^ "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.