Nore og Uvdal Municipality
Nore og Uvdal kommune | |
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 Buskerud within Norway | |
 Nore og Uvdal within Buskerud | |
| Coordinates: 60°18′26″N 8°48′20″E / 60.30722°N 8.80556°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Buskerud |
| District | Østlandet |
| Administrative centre | Rødberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2011) | Eli Hovd Prestegården (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,501 km2 (966 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,274 km2 (878 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #19 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 2,695 |
| • Rank | #289 in Norway |
| • Density | 1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −6.9% |
| Demonym | Uvdøl[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3338[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Nore og Uvdal is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rødberg.
The area of Nore was separated from the municipality of Rollag in 1858. The municipality of Nore was divided into two municipalities on 1 January 1901: Nore and Uvdal. These two municipalities were merged back together on 1 January 1962, and the new municipality was called Nore og Uvdal.
- ^ "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.