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  County Buskerud
  Idnumber 0616
  Landscape
  Capital Nesbyen
  Governor Audun Aasheim ( Ap )
  Governor As Of 2005
  Arearank 135
  Area 810
  Arealand 773
  Areapercent 025
  Population As Of 2004
  Populationrank 248
  Population 3,467
  Populationpercent 008
  Populationdensity 4
  Populationincrease 16
  Language Bokmål
  Lat Deg 60 lat_min=33 lat_sec=30 lon_deg=9 lon_min=6 lon_sec=4
  Utm Zone 32V utm_northing=6713609 utm_easting=0505550 geo_cat=adm2nd
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  Munwebpage wwwnes-bukommuneno


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Nes 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.





HISTORY

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 .1


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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.


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