Nesbyen
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Nes, Buskerud
Nes 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....
municipality in the county of Buskerud
Buskerud
is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen.-Geography:...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Nes is the administrative center of Nes municipality. Nes is located in the traditional district of Hallingdal
Hallingdal
Hallingdal is a valley and traditional district in Buskerud county in Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol.-History:Ancient routes went to Vestlandet through Valdres and Hallingdal and down Røldal to Odda...
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Nesbyen has a population of about 3,500 inhabitants. It is located on the Bergen Line railroad which runs between Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
and Bergen. Nesbyen rail station was opened in 1907 when the Bergen Railway was opened to Gulsvik
Gulsvik
Gulsvik is a village in Flå, Buskerud, Norway. The name Gulsvik is connected to the original farm of Gulsvik. The Gulsvik farm was known from the middle ages, when the owners were among the most prominent people in lower Hallingdal. Gulsvik is reckoned to be an old Norwegian folkland, which never...
. Nesbyen is located on Highway 7 (Riksvei 7).
Gamle Nes is the oldest part of Nesbyen. Nesbyen was an early administrative center for Hallingdal. Mainly buildings in Gamle Nes dated to before 1900. Nesbyen is surrounded by mountains on several sides, with good roads to most mountain areas. Hallingnatten is the municipality's highest point, 1,314 meters above sea level. Hallingdal Museum
Hallingdal Museum
Hallingdal Museum is a museum in Nesbyen within the Nes municipality, Norway.Hallingdal Folk Museum was founded in 1899. It is one of the oldest open air museums in Norway. The museum has a number of subsidiary sites: Dagali Museum, Gol Bygdetun, Hemsedal Bygdetun, Hol Bygdemuseum and Ål Bygdamuseum...
, founded in 1899 and one of the oldest open air museums in Norway, is headquartered in Nesbyen. Hallingdal Museum is organized with professional, administrative and operational responsibility for the museums in Hallingdal.
Nesbyen is listed as the location with the highest recorded temperature in Norway, with a record of 35.6°C. set on 20 June 1970.
Nes kraftverk is a hydroelectric power station 4 km north of Nesbyen. The power plant was commissioned in 1967, and takes advantage of a drop of 285 meters from the Strandefjorden. The power plant is the largest and lowest in Hallingdal River watershead (Hallingdalsvassdraget). There are installed four Francis turbines of 70 MW each. The normal annual production is about 1330 GWh.
Besides intake from Strandefjorden, water is taken from the rivers Ridola, Lya
Lya
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and Votna
Votna
Votna is a lake in the municipality of Odda in Hordaland county, Norway....
. It also transferred water from the river Rukkedøla through a separate tunnel. The power plant is owned and operated by E-CO Energi
E-CO Energi
E-CO Energi is a Norwegian power company and after Statkraft the second largest producer of electricity in Norway.-Structure:E-CO is wholly owned by the City of Oslo. Operations are divided into E-CO Vannkraft, E-CO Norne and Oslo Lysverker...
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Notable residents
- Olaf ØenOlaf ØenOlaf Øen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.Born in Nes, Buskerud, he was first elected to local office as a member of Nes municipal council in 1955, serving until 1979 and again from 1995 to 1999. He was mayor from 1963 to 1977. From 1963 to 1971 he was also a member of Buskerud...
(1925-2009), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party - Kristin Hille VallaKristin Hille VallaKristin Hille Valla is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.From 1989 to 1990, while the cabinet Syse held office, Hille Valla was appointed Minister of the Environment....
, Norwegian politician for the Centre Party