Brandbu

Brandbu
Village
View of the village's main road
View of the village's main road
Brandbu is located in Innlandet
Brandbu
Brandbu
Location of the village
Brandbu is located in Norway
Brandbu
Brandbu
Brandbu (Norway)
Coordinates: 60°25′20″N 10°30′15″E / 60.42214°N 10.50428°E / 60.42214; 10.50428
CountryNorway
RegionEastern Norway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictHadeland
MunicipalityGran Municipality
Area
 • Total5.52 km2 (2.13 sq mi)
Elevation163 m (535 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total4,848
 • Density878/km2 (2,270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
2760 Brandbu

Brandbu is a village in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in Hadeland, along the eastern shore of the large lake Randsfjorden, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the northwest of the capital city of Oslo.[3]

Brandbu and its neighboring village of Jaren have grown together through conurbation and Statistics Norway has considered them as one, single urban settlement for many years. The 5.52-square-kilometre (1,360-acre) village of Brandbu/Jaren has a population (2021) of 4,848 and a population density of 878 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,270/sq mi).[1]

From the top of the 522-metre (1,713 ft) tall mountain Brandbukampen (originally a volcano from the Permian Period), there is a wide view of Brandbu and the villages surrounding it. The village of Egge lies at the base of the mountain, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the northwest of Brandbu.

Just by the center of Brandbu lies the Brandbu lower secondary school as well as the Brandbu campus of the Hadeland upper secondary school. The nearby Nes Church is the seat of the Brandbu parish within the Church of Norway. The church is located on the northern side of Røykenvik.

  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2021). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Brandbu, Gran". yr.no. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. ^ Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (7 November 2021). "Brandbu". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 October 2022.