Vestbygda is a village in the municipality of Sigdal

Sigdal

Sigdal is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestfoss. -Background:...

, 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...

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Vestbygda is located just west of Sokna

Sokna

Sokna is a small village located between Hønefoss and Krøderen in the municipality of Ringerike, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. The village is perhaps most associated with the historic Lunder Church.-Location:...

 in the valley of Soknedalen. This part of the valley is characterized by agriculture along the lakes and coniferous forests along the hillsides. Vestbygda belongs to the Lunder parish, with Lunder Church (Lunder kyrkje) as the main church.

Vestbygda stretches south along the lakes Torevannet and Bliksrudlangevannet to the border with Krødsherad

Krødsherad

Krødsherad is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Noresund. The municipality of Krødsherad was established when it was separated from the municipality of Sigdal on 1 January 1901.-Name:The Old Norse form of the name was...

. The village extends southwest from Olde bru over the Rudselva river and south to the forest in Brekkebygda.

Vestbygda Road (Vestbygdveien) or Fv 179 (Solli - Sokna Sentrum ved Sokna) runs from National Highway 7 (Riksvei 7) at Sokna along the north side of the river and west along lake Torevannet and the 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...

 river through Vestbygda to Solli by Eidsdammen in the village of Bjørkelangen

Bjørkelangen

Bjørkelangen is the administrative centre of Aurskog-Høland municipality, Norway. Its population is 2,438.Bjørkelangen became the administrative centre of the Aurskog-Høland municipality in 1966. It is located in the north end of the lake named Bjørkelangsjøen.There is an elementary school, a...

 in Aurskog

Aurskog

Aurskog is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre was Aursmoen.Aurskog was the location of the Battle of Toverud. The parish of Urskog was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . On 1 July 1919 the district of Blaker was separated to form a municipality...

, Akershus

Akershus

- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...

County where the road again meets National Highway 7.