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Buskerud
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0616
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Nesbyen
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Audun Aasheim ( Ap )
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2005
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135
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810
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773
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025
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2004
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248
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3,467
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008
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4
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16
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Bokmål
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60 lat_min=33 lat_sec=30 lon_deg=9 lon_min=6 lon_sec=4
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32V utm_northing=6713609 utm_easting=0505550 geo_cat=adm2nd
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is a
Municipality in the
County of
Buskerud ,
Norway . It lies in the
Valley and
Traditional District of
Hallingdal . It is bordered on the north by
Gol , on the east by
Sør-Aurdal , on the southeast by
Flå , on the southwest by
Nore Og Uvdal , and to the west by
Ål .
The majority of the residents live in the villages of
Nesbyen ,
Espeset ,
Eiddal ,
Sjong ,
Børtnes ,
Bromma ,
Svenkerud and at
Liahaugen . The administrative center is located in Nesbyen.
Ancient routes went to
Vestlandet through
Valdres and Hallingdal and down
Røldal to
Odda . Reflecting this route, Hallingdal and its neighboring valley of Valdres were originally populated by migrants from Vestlandet and spoke a western
Dialect . In recognition of this, Cardinal
Nicholas Breakespear , who was in Scandinavia as
Papal Legate in 1153, included these two valleys in the
Diocese of
Stavanger .
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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.