Øvre Eiker
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| Øvre Eiker kommune | |||
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| Coordinates (city): 59°46′19″N 9°50′10″E / 59.77194°N 9.83611°ECoordinates: 59°46′19″N 9°50′10″E / 59.77194°N 9.83611°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Buskerud | ||
| District | Eiker | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0624 | ||
| Administrative centre | Hokksund | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2003) | Anders B. Werp (H) | ||
| Area (Nr. 223 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 457 km2 (176.4 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 418 km2 (161.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 15,633 | ||
| - Density | 37/km2 (95.8/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 4.3 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 62 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Norwegian demonym | Eikværing[1] | ||
| Website | www.ovre-eiker.kommune.no | ||
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Øvre Eiker is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hokksund. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into Øvre Eiker and Nedre Eiker on 1 July 1885.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Eikjar. The name is the plural form of eiki which means "oak wood". The meaning of Øvre Eiker is "(the) upper (part of) Eiker". (The municipality of Eiker was divided in 1885.)
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 24 October 1981. The arms show three silver oak leaves and two acorns on a blue background. The oak is a canting element, since Eik means oak in the Norwegian language.[2]
[edit] Geography
The municipality is located in the southern part of Buskerud county and is bordered by the municipalities of Kongsberg, Flesberg, Sigdal, Modum, Lier, Nedre Eiker, and Hof.
The administrative center of Hokksund is the largest town in this municipality, with about 8,000 inhabitants. The remaining 7,000 inhabitants live in the villages of Vestfossen, Skotselv, Ormåsen, and Darbu.
[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Øvre Eiker:
Kerteminde, Region Syddanmark, Denmark[3]
Lempäälä, Western Finland, Finland[4]
Ulricehamn, Västra Götaland County, Sweden[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/o/ovreeike.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
- ^ "Venskabsbyer". Kerteminde kommune. http://www.kerteminde.dk/Om%20kommunen/Fakta%20om%20kommunen/Venskabsbyer.aspx. Retrieved 2009-01-10. (Danish)
- ^ "Ystävyyskunnat". Lempäälä. http://www.lempaala.fi/kunta_ja_hallinto/kansainvalisyys/ystavyyskunnat/. Retrieved 2009-01-10. (Finnish)
- ^ "Föreningen Norden". Ulricehamn kommun. http://www.ulricehamn.se/ulh_templates/Information.aspx?id=5432. Retrieved 2009-01-10. (Swedish)
[edit] External links
Media related to Øvre Eiker at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Øvre Eiker- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Buskerud travel guide from Wikitravel
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