Nes, Buskerud
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| County | Buskerud | |
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| Municipality | NO-0616 | |
| Administrative centre | Nesbyen | |
| Mayor (2005) | Audun Aasheim (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 135 810 km² 773 km² 0.25 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 248 3,467 0.08 % 1.6 % 4/km² | |
| Coordinates | 60°33′ N 9°6′ E | |
| www.nes-bu.kommune.no | ||
Nes is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway.
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History
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What to see
Hallingdal Museum, is located in Nesbyen. It has a large and unique collection of buildings and artifacts from farms in Hallingdal. Special mentions is houses like Staveloftet from about 1340 from the farm Stave and Trøymstua from about 1645, coming from Hemsedal.
There is an old meteor crater just north of Nesbyen, about 6 kilometres north and then 4 kilometres into the wood. About 650 million years ago a 2-300 metres meteorite struck this area. This resulted in a 5 kilometres crater and an enormous amount of outpouring of energy by the impact.
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Famous residents
- Hans Gude (1825-1903), painter, Norwegian romantic nationalism, famous painting from the area includes Nes stave church, — Nes stavkirke (1845)
- Eilif Petersen (1852-1928), painter
- Fernanda Ytteborg (1869-1954), art collector
| Municipalities of Buskerud | Image:Buskerud vapen.png |
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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 | |
