Nedre Eiker Municipality

former municipality in Buskerud in Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Buskerud
District: Eiker , Lower Buskerud
Administrative centre: Mjøndalen
Mayor 2018: Bent Inge Bye ( Ap )
Total: 122 km (47 sq mi)
Land: 114 km (44 sq mi)
Rank: # 369 in Norway
Density: 187/km (480/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +11.5%
Demonym: Eikværing
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )

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Nedre Eiker was a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mjøndalen. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into Nedre Eiker (lower Eiker) and Øvre Eiker (upper) on 1 July 1885. The municipality was merged with Drammen Municipality in 2020.

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