Hadeland
Sign in to saveHadeland () is a traditional district in the southeastern part of Norway. It is centered on the southern part of the large lake Randsfjorden in Innlandet and Akershus counties. The district consists of Gran Municipality in Innlandet county and Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality in Akershus county. Hadeland occupies the area north of the hills of Nordmarka close to the Norwegian capital Oslo. The soil around the Randsfjorden is amongst the most fertile in Norway. Hadeland accounts for just 5% of the country's area, but it represents 13% of its agricultural land. Farmers harvest grain
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hadeland
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Randsfjorden fra Jevnaker.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Randsfjorden, seen northwards from Jevnaker.
- Settlement.seat_type
- Urban Center
- Settlement.seat
- Jaren
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1274
- Settlement.population_total
- 29540
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Hadelending
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Innlandet and Akershus
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Austlandet
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Hadeland () is a traditional district in the southeastern part of Norway. It is centered on the southern part of the large lake Randsfjorden in Innlandet and Akershus counties. The district consists of Gran Municipality in Innlandet county and Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality in Akershus county. Hadeland occupies the area north of the hills of Nordmarka close to the Norwegian capital Oslo. The soil around the Randsfjorden is amongst the most fertile in Norway. Hadeland accounts for just 5% of the country's area, but it represents 13% of its agricultural land. Farmers harvest grains and potatoes. Pigs, dairy cattle, and horses are also bred at farms there.
Jevnaker is located to the southern and western side of the Randsfjorden. Gran's rolling countryside is home to about two-thirds of the nearly 30,000 people living in Hadeland. The village of Jaren serves as the area's main center of commerce. The municipality of Gran is divided by the Randsfjorden, and its western part is known as the Fjorda district.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hadeland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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