Brandbu Municipality

Brandbu Municipality
Brandbu herred
View of the village of Brandbu
View of the village of Brandbu
Oppland within Norway
Oppland within Norway
Brandbu within Oppland
Brandbu within Oppland
Coordinates: 60°25′20″N 10°30′15″E / 60.42214°N 10.50428°E / 60.42214; 10.50428
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictHadeland
Established1 Jan 1897
 • Preceded byGran Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1962
 • Succeeded byGran Municipality
Administrative centreBrandbu
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total471 km2 (182 sq mi)
Population
 (1962)
 • Total6,477
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
DemonymBrandbuing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0535[2]

Brandbu is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 471-square-kilometre (182 sq mi) municipality existed from 1897 until its dissolution in 1962. The area is now part of Gran Municipality in the traditional district of Hadeland. The administrative centre was the village of Brandbu. The municipality included land on both sides of the large lake Randsfjorden, although most of the municipal residents lived on the east side of the lake.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (9 August 2019). "Brandbu (tidligere kommune)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 October 2022.