Nome is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties , and 430 municipalities...

 in Telemark

Telemark

is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

 county

Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...

, 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...

. It is part of the traditional region

Districts of Norway

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 of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulefoss

Ulefoss

Ulefoss is the administrative centre of Nome municipality, Norway. Its population is 2,699.-References:...

.

The municipality of Nome was created on 1 January 1964 when the two former municipalities of Holla

Holla, Telemark

Holla was a parish district and former municipality now located in municipality of Nome the in Telemark county, Norway.-History:Holla is situated in the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. Holla parish included the churches at Holla and Helgen both in Telemark county. The parish of Holden was...

 and Lunde

Lunde, Telemark

Lunde is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The municipality centre was Bjervamoen.It was created by a split from Bø on 1 January 1867. At that time Lunde had a population of 2,257....

 were merged together. Nome consists of a number of villages including Lunde

Lunde

Lunde is a common Norwegian and Danish surname. Lunde appears as a place name in Norway, Sweden and in a number of Danish locations in Jutland and on the island of Funen. The word Lunde can be translated from Norwegian to mean grove. Lunde is also the Norwegian name of the Atlantic Puffin...

, Ulefoss

Ulefoss

Ulefoss is the administrative centre of Nome municipality, Norway. Its population is 2,699.-References:...

, Flåbygd

Flåbygd

Flåbygd is a village in Nome, Telemark, Norway. The local production is centered on agriculture....

, and Svenseid.

Name

The municipality of Nome was created in 1964 and the name was taken from a lake in the river of Eidselva

Eidselva

Eidselva lies in Nome municipality in Telemark. It rises in Flåvatn, and runs into Norsjø in Ulefoss. The river is part of Skiensvassdraget, and an important part of the Telemark Canal. On the stretch from Ulefoss to Flåvatn there are five sluices , with a total rise of around 57 meter...

. The meaning of the name is unknown.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...

 is from modern times. They were granted in 1989. The arms are silver and blue and are divided

Division of the field

In heraldry, the field of a shield can be divided into more than one area of different tinctures, usually following the lines of one of the ordinaries and carrying its name...

 party per bend sinister to look like steps. It is meant to represent the Telemark Canal

Telemark canal

The Telemark Canal connects Skien to Dalen in southern Norway by linking up several long lakes using a series of 18 locks. It originally consisted of two canals: The Norsjø-Skien Canal, with locks in Skien and Løveid was built in the period 1854–1861, and is the oldest of the two canals.The...

 which runs through the municipality.

External links

• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
  Statistics Norway
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