Nome Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Telemark
- District
- Midt-Telemark
- Established
- 1 Jan 1964
- Preceded by
- Holla and Lunde
- Administrative centre
- Ulefoss
- Mayor 2023
- Linda Therese Thorstensen ( Ap )
- Total
- 429.68 km (165.90 sq mi)
- Land
- 385.42 km (148.81 sq mi)
- Water
- 44.25 km (17.09 sq mi) 10.3%
- Rank
- # 230 in Norway
- Density
- 17/km (44/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −1%
- Demonym s
- Hollasokning or, Lundhering
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- NO-4018
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1964
- Location
- Ulefoss, Norway
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.458582.6 · ISNI 0000 0004 1797 6114
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Encyclopedic overview
Nome is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Midt-Telemark and historically part of the Grenland region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulefoss. Other villages include Bjervamoen, Ulefoss, Helgja, Flåbygd, and Svenseid.
The 430-square-kilometre (170 sq mi) municipality is the 230th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nome is the 150th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,559. The municipality's population density is 17 inhabitants per square kilometre (44/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nome Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.