Brandbu
Brandbu | |
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Village | |
View of the village's main road | |
Interactive map of Brandbu | |
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| Coordinates: 60°25′20″N 10°30′15″E / 60.42214°N 10.50428°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Eastern Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Hadeland |
| Municipality | Gran Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.7 km2 (2.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 163 m (535 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 5,148 |
| • Density | 903/km2 (2,340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 2760 Brandbu |
Brandbu is a village in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in Hadeland, along the eastern shore of the large lake Randsfjorden, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the northwest of the capital city of Oslo.
Brandbu and its neighboring village of Jaren have grown together through conurbation, and Statistics Norway has considered them as one, single urban settlement for many years. The 5.7-square-kilometre (1,400-acre) village of Brandbu/Jaren has a population (2024) of 5,148 and a population density of 903 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,340/sq mi).
From the top of the 522-metre (1,713 ft) tall mountain Brandbukampen (originally a volcano from the Permian Period), there is a wide view of Brandbu and the villages surrounding it. The village of Egge lies at the base of the mountain, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the northwest of Brandbu.
Just by the center of Brandbu lies the Brandbu lower secondary school as well as the Brandbu campus of the Hadeland upper secondary school. The nearby Nes Church is the seat of the Brandbu parish within the Church of Norway. The church is located on the northern side of Røykenvik.