Hemsedal

Hemsedal Municipality
Hemsedal kommune
Buskerud within Norway
Buskerud within Norway
Hemsedal within Buskerud
Hemsedal within Buskerud
Coordinates: 60°54′21″N 8°30′53″E / 60.90583°N 8.51472°E / 60.90583; 8.51472
CountryNorway
CountyBuskerud
DistrictHallingdal
Administrative centreTrøym
Government
 • Mayor (2020)Pål Rørby (Sp)
Area
 • Total753 km2 (291 sq mi)
 • Land711 km2 (275 sq mi)
 • Rank#145 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total1,876
 • Rank#341 in Norway
 • Density3/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +13.2%
DemonymHemsedøl[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3042[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Hemsedal is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Trøym. Hemsedal lies on the Norwegian National Road 52 (Rv 52). Hemsedal is located 220 km (136.70 mi) northwest of Oslo and 273 km (169.63 mi) from Bergen. In 1897, Hemsedal was separated from the municipality of Gol to become a municipality of its own.[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. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Geir Thorsnæs. "Hemsedal". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 15 September 2016.