Øvre Eiker
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| 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 % |
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| Population - Total (2005) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 62 15,633 0.34 % 4.3 % 37/km² |
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| www.ovre-eiker.kommune.no |
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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
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1981). It shows a twig of oak.
| Municipalities of Buskerud |  |
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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 |
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