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Encyclopedia > Flesberg
Flesberg kommune
County Buskerud
District Numedal
Municipality NO-0631
Administrative centre Lampeland
Mayor (2003) Egil Langgård (Ap)
Official language form Bokmål
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage
Ranked 190
562 km²
538 km²
0.17 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 302
2,512
0.05 %
0.2 %
5/km²
Coordinates 59°50′N 9°28′E
www.flesberg.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway Image File history File links Flesberg_komm. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (700x785, 20 KB) Norsk: Kilde: Statistisk sentralbyrÃ¥. Modifisert av meg, Stianbh. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke; until 1918 known as singular and plural- amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ... Buskerud is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. ... Norway may be divided into a number of traditional districts. ... Numedal is the Westernmost valley in South-Eastern Norway. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). ... Lampeland is the administrative centre of Flesberg municipality, Norway. ... The Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti, Arbeiderpartiet or DNA) is a left-wing political party in Norway. ... Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. ... Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which...

Coordinates: 59°50′N 9°28′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


Flesberg is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway. It is divided into the parishes Flesberg, Lyngdal and Svene. Most of the population lives in the four villages of Svene, Lampeland, Flesberg and Lyngdal. The administrative area is 560 km². The economy of Flesberg is dominated by forestry and agriculture, as well as the cluster of high-tech industries in neighbouring town Kongsberg. In the western part of Flesberg, the landscape rises steeply to the mountain area of Blefjell, a popular tourist destination. County Vest-Agder Landscape Sørlandet Municipality NO-1032 Administrative centre Lyngdal Mayor (2003) Hans Fredrik Grøvan (KrF) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 240 391 km² 370 km² 0. ... Svene is a village in the municipality of Flesberg, Norway, located in the Numedal 10 kilometres from Kongsberg. ... Svene is a village in the municipality of Flesberg, Norway, located in the Numedal 10 kilometres from Kongsberg. ... Lampeland is the administrative centre of Flesberg municipality, Norway. ...


The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Flesberg (Norse Flesberg), since the first church was built here. The first element is fles f 'rock', the last element is berg n 'mountain'. Norse is related to Scandinavia, and may mean: Ancient Norse mythology Medieval Norsemen, i. ...


Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1989). It shows two tømmerklaver (to represent forestry - and also the letter F). A decidous beech forest in Slovenia. ...


History

Flesberg stave church (built around 1250) Flesberg Stave Church, Norway Flesberg stave church is a stave church located in Flesberg, Numedal in Norway. ... // April 30 - King Louis IX of France released by his Egyptian captors after paying a ransom of one million dinars and turning over the city of Damietta. ...



Municipalities of Buskerud Buskerud coat of arms

Drammen | Flesberg | Flå | Gol | Hemsedal | Hol | Hole | Hurum | Kongsberg | Krødsherad | Lier | Modum | Nedre Eiker | Nes | Nore og Uvdal | Ringerike | Rollag | Røyken | Sigdal | Øvre Eiker | Ål Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... Buskerud is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... County Buskerud District Municipality NO-0602 Administrative centre Drammen Mayor (2003) Tore Opdal Hansen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 366 137 km² 135 km² 0. ... County Buskerud District Hallingdal Municipality NO-0615 Administrative centre FlÃ¥ Mayor (2003) Hans Bekken (FlÃ¥ Bygdeliste) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 159 704 km² 670 km² 0. ... The municipality Gol in the county of Buskerud, Norway, has 4,415 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... County Buskerud District Hallingdal Municipality NO-0618 Administrative centre Hemsedal Mayor (2003) Oddvar Grøthe (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 145 753 km² 711 km² 0. ... Hol is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway, has 4,578 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... County Buskerud Landscape Ringerike Municipality NO-0612 Administrative centre Røyse Mayor (2003) Per R. Berger (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 329 198 km² 134 km² 0. ... County Buskerud District Municipality NO-0628 Administrative centre Klokkarstua Mayor (2003) Roger Ryberg (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 354 163 km² 156 km² 0. ... Kongsberg (lit. ... County Buskerud Landscape Municipality NO-0622 Administrative centre Noresund Mayor (2003) Olav Skinnes (Tverrpolitisk bygdeliste) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 248 375 km² 340 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Municipality NO-0626 Administrative centre Lier Mayor (2003) Ulla Nævestad (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 277 301 km² 281 km² 0. ... County Buskerud District Municipality NO-0623 Administrative centre Vikersund Mayor (2003) Odd Flattum (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 204 515 km² 463 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Eiker Municipality NO-0625 Administrative centre Mjøndalen Mayor (2003) Rolf Bergersen (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 369 122 km² 114 km² 0. ... The municipality Nes in the county of Buskerud, Norway, has 3,479 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Nore og Uvdal in the county of Buskerud, Norway, has 2,754 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... County Buskerud District Ringerike Municipality NO-0605 Administrative centre Hønefoss Mayor (2003) Kolbjørn Kværum (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 47 1,552 km² 1,423 km² 0. ... The municipality Rollag in the county of Buskerud, Norway, has 1,477 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... County Buskerud Landscape Municipality NO-0627 Administrative centre Røyken Mayor (2003) Rune Kjølstad (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 378 113 km² 111 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Municipality NO-0621 Administrative centre Prestfoss Mayor (2003) Knut Tore Eidal (Sp) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 130 842 km² 811 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Eiker Municipality NO-0624 Administrative centre Hokksund Mayor (2003) Anders B. Werp (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 223 457 km² 418 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Hallingdal Municipality NO-0619 Administrative centre Ã…l Mayor (2003) Torleif T. Dalseide (V) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 85 1,171 km² 1,081 km² 0. ...


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Gunnar, #44) was born in 1646 at Flesberg.
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