Hole, Norway

Hole Municipality
Hole kommune
Flag of Hole Municipality
Coat of arms of Hole Municipality
Buskerud within Norway
Buskerud within Norway
Hole within Buskerud
Hole within Buskerud
Coordinates: 60°2′52″N 10°17′28″E / 60.04778°N 10.29111°E / 60.04778; 10.29111
CountryNorway
CountyBuskerud
DistrictRingerike
Administrative centreVik
Government
 • Mayor (2003)Syver Leivestad (H)
Area
 • Total198 km2 (76 sq mi)
 • Land134 km2 (52 sq mi)
 • Rank#329 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total5,199
 • Rank#187 in Norway
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +13.6%
DemonymHoleværing[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3310[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Hole is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Ringerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vik. Hole is located around lake Tyrifjorden and extends to the woodland around Oslo. The soil is fertile and suited to growing fruit, berries and other agricultural products.

The municipality of Hole was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The annex of Tyristrand was separated from Hole on 1 July 1916 to become a municipality of its own. The municipality of Hole was merged into the neighboring municipality of Ringerike in 1964, however, this merger ended in 1977 when Hole was restored as a separate municipality.

Infrastructure: the road (E16) between Sandvika and Hønefoss has been Norway's most deadly, for the ten-year period that ended in 2021; nine people died.[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. ^ https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/preget-ordforer-etter-nettavisen-avsloringer-burde-vart-gjort-noe-for-lenge-siden/s/5-95-888975. Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 2023-02-06