Nome, Norway

Nome Municipality
Nome kommune
View of Ulefoss
View of Ulefoss
Flag of Nome Municipality
Coat of arms of Nome Municipality
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Nome within Telemark
Nome within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°17′5″N 9°7′26″E / 59.28472°N 9.12389°E / 59.28472; 9.12389
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictMidt-Telemark
Established1 Jan 1964
 • Preceded byHolla and Lunde
Administrative centreUlefoss
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Linda Therese Thorstensen (Ap)
Area
 • Total
429.68 km2 (165.90 sq mi)
 • Land385.42 km2 (148.81 sq mi)
 • Water44.25 km2 (17.09 sq mi)  10.3%
 • Rank#230 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
6,559
 • Rank#150 in Norway
 • Density17/km2 (40/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −1%
Demonym(s)Hollasokning or
Lundhering[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4018[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Nome is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Midt-Telemark and historically part of the Grenland region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulefoss. Other villages include Bjervamoen, Ulefoss, Helgja, Flåbygd, and Svenseid.

The 430-square-kilometre (170 sq mi) municipality is the 230th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nome is the 150th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,559. The municipality's population density is 17 inhabitants per square kilometre (44/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

Nome is a large agricultural and forestry municipality. The agricultural area in Nome is approximately 27,000 decares (10 sq mi). Forest harvesting averaged 36,000 cubic metres (1,300,000 cu ft) annually in the five-year period 2017–2021. Just over half was spruce, the rest was pine.[6]

  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. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Nilsen, Jan Erik; Lundbo, Sten, eds. (15 August 2023). "Nome". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 September 2023.