Nesbyen Municipality
Nesbyen Municipality
Nesbyen kommune | |
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| Nes kommune (historic name) | |
Administrative centre of Nesbyen | |
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Coat of arms | |
Buskerud within Norway | |
Nesbyen within Buskerud | |
| Coordinates: 60°33′30″N 9°6′4″E / 60.55833°N 9.10111°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Buskerud |
| District | Hallingdal |
| Administrative centre | Nesbyen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Tore Haraldset (LL) |
| Area | |
• Total | 810 km2 (310 sq mi) |
| • Land | 773 km2 (298 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #135 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 3,467 |
| • Rank | #248 in Norway |
| • Density | 4/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +1.6% |
| Demonym | Nesning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3322 |
| Website | Official website |
Nesbyen is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nesbyen.
The parish of Næs was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Flå was separated from Nes on 1 January 1905 to become a separate municipality. The name was changed from Nes to Nesbyen in 2020.