Øvre Eiker

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Øvre Eiker kommune
County Buskerud
District Eiker
Municipality NO-0624
Administrative centre Hokksund
Mayor (2003) Anders B. Werp (H)
Official language form Bokmål
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage
Ranked 223
457 km²
418 km²
0.14 %
Population
 - Total (2005)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 62
15,633
0.34 %
4.3 %
37/km²
Coordinates 59°46′N 9°50′E
www.ovre-eiker.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 59°46′N 9°50′E

Øvre Eiker is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway. It is bordered by Kongsberg, Flesberg, Sigdal, Modum, Lier, Nedre Eiker and Hof municipalities.

Øvre Eiker is the upper part of Eiker, an agricultural landscape with a long history.

The administrative center Hokksund is the largest town in this municipality, with about 8,000 inhabitants. The remaining inhabitants, some 7,000, live in the villages of Vestfossen, Skotselv, Ormåsen and Darbu.

[edit] The name

The Norse form of the name was Eikjar. The name is the plural form of eiki n 'oak wood'.

The meaning of Øvre Eiker is '(the) upper (part of) Eiker' (the municipality of Eiker was divided in 1885).

See also > Nedre Eiker


Municipalities of Buskerud Buskerud coat of arms

Drammen | Flesberg | Flå | Gol | Hemsedal | Hol | Hole | Hurum | Kongsberg | Krødsherad | Lier | Modum | Nedre Eiker | Nes | Nore og Uvdal | Ringerike | Rollag | Røyken | Sigdal | Øvre Eiker | Ål