Gol, Norway

Gol Municipality
Gol kommune
Flag of Gol Municipality
Coat of arms of Gol Municipality
Buskerud within Norway
Buskerud within Norway
Gol within Buskerud
Gol within Buskerud
Coordinates: 60°45′1″N 8°59′5″E / 60.75028°N 8.98472°E / 60.75028; 8.98472
CountryNorway
CountyBuskerud
DistrictHallingdal
Administrative centreGol
Government
 • Mayor (2003)Jan-Halvard Brekko (Ap)
Area
 • Total
533 km2 (206 sq mi)
 • Land514 km2 (198 sq mi)
 • Rank#200 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
4,372
 • Rank#218 in Norway
 • Density8/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +1.4%
DemonymGoling[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3324[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Gol (pronunciation) is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Gol which is also the population center. Gol was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Hemsedal was separated from Gol in 1897 to become a separate municipality. The municipality of Gol is bordered to the north by the municipality of Nord-Aurdal (in Oppland county), to the east by Sør-Aurdal (in Oppland county), to the south by Nes, and to the west by Ål and Hemsedal.[4]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Geir Thorsnæs. "Gol". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.