Nedre Eiker

Former municipality in Buskerud, Norway

Nedre Eiker Municipality

Nedre Eiker kommune

Former municipality

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Nedre Eiker within Buskerud

Coordinates: 59°45′53″N 10°2′0″E﻿ / ﻿59.76472°N 10.03333°E﻿ / 59.76472; 10.03333
Country| Norway
County| Buskerud
District| Eiker, Lower Buskerud
Administrative centre| Mjøndalen
Government

• Mayor (2018)| Bent Inge Bye (Ap)
Area

(upon dissolution)

• Total| 122 km2 (47 sq mi)
• Land| 114 km2 (44 sq mi)
• Rank| #369 in Norway
Population

(2003)

• Total| 21,377
• Rank| #42 in Norway
• Density| 187/km2 (480/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)

|  +11.5%
Demonym| Eikværing[1]
Official language

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• Norwegian form| Bokmål
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code| NO-0625[3]
Website| Official website

Data from Statistics Norway

Nedre Eiker was 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 Mjøndalen. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into Nedre Eiker (lower Eiker) and Øvre Eiker (upper) on 1 July 1885.

## General information

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### Name

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The Old Norse form of the name was Eikjar. The name is the plural form of eiki which means "oak wood". The meaning of Nedre Eiker is "(the) lower (part of) Eiker". (The municipality of Eiker was divided in 1885.)

See also: Øvre Eiker

### Coat-of-arms

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The coat-of-arms was granted on 26 June 1970. The arms show three gold-colored oak leaves on a red background. The arms are canting because the meaning of the name (Eik) comes from the word for oak.[4]

(See also coat-of-arms of Eigersund, Songdalen, Tingvoll and Øvre Eiker)

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nedre Eiker by country of origin in 2017[5] Ancestry  | Number

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Poland | 768
Turkey | 488
Vietnam | 410
Lithuania | 290
Afghanistan | 239
Iraq | 230
India | 198
Iran | 170
Kosovo | 143
Sweden | 136

## Geography

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Drammenselva river Nedre Eiker bridge Nedre Eiker Church

The municipality is located in the southern part of Buskerud county. It borders the municipalities of Lier, Drammen, Hof, and Øvre Eiker. The majority of the residents live in the villages of Mjøndalen, Krokstadelva, Solbergelva, and Steinberg.

The Drammenselva River flows through the municipality of Nedre Eiker. It is one of the largest rivers in Norway, with a course running from Tyrifjorden in the north to Drammensfjord in the south.

## Churches in Nedre Eiker

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* Mjøndalen Church[citation needed]
* Nedre Eiker Church[6]
* Solberg Chapel[7]
* Tabor Chapel[8]

## Notable residents

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* Lars Korvald, former Prime Minister of Norway
* Herman Wildenvey (1886–1959), poet and author
* Svein Johannessen (1937–2007), international master of chess
* Jørn Hurum (b. 1967), paleontologist
* Ragnar Christiansen (born 1922), former Minister and Member of Parliament

## Sister cities

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The following cities are twinned with Nedre Eiker:[9]

* Enköping, Uppsala County, Sweden

## References

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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. ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-01-10.
5. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
6. ^ Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. "Nedre Eiker kirke". Norges Kirker. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
7. ^ "Solberg kapell". Norske Kirkebygg. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
8. ^ "Tabor kapell". Norske Kirkebygg. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
9. ^ "Vennskaps- og samarbeidsavtale" (in Norwegian). Nedre Eiker kommune. Archived from the original on 2009-08-29. Retrieved 2009-01-10.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nedre Eiker.

Look up Nedre Eiker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

* Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
* Buskerud travel guide from Wikivoyage
* Culture in Nedre Eiker on the map from Kulturnett.no

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Buskerud county, Norway

* Main article: Buskerud
* Capital: Drammen
* County government: Buskerud County Municipality
* County lists:
* County Governors
* Villages
* Churches

| Towns and cities|

* Kongsberg (1624)
* Drammen (1811)
* Svelvik (1845)
* Hønefoss (1852)
* Hokksund (2002)

Municipalities|

| Hallingdal|

* Flå
* Gol
* Hemsedal
* Hol
* Nesbyen
* Ål

|

Numedal|

* Flesberg
* Kongsberg
* Nore og Uvdal
* Rollag

Drammen|

* Drammen
* Lier
* Øvre Eiker

Ringerike|

* Hole
* Krødsherad
* Modum
* Ringerike
* Sigdal

Former Municipalities in Buskerud

* Eiker (1838-1885)
* Gol og Hemsedal (1838-1897)
* Hurum (1838-2020)
* Hønefoss (1852-1964)
* Nedre Eiker (1885-2020)
* Norderhov (1838-1964)
* Nore (1858-1961)
* Røyken (1838-2020)
* Sandsvær (1838-1908)
* Skoger (1838-1964)
* Strømm (1838-1964)
* Strømsgodset (1838-1844)
* Tyristrand (1916-1964)
* Uvdal (1901-1962)
* Ytre Sandsvær (1908-1964)
* Øvre Sandsvær (1908-1964)
* Ådal (1857-1964)

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