Nome, Norway
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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.
Nome Municipality
Nome kommune | |
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Coordinates: 59°17′5″N 9°7′26″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Telemark |
District | Midt-Telemark |
Established | 1 Jan 1964 |
• Preceded by | Holla and Lunde |
Administrative centre | Ulefoss |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Linda Therese Thorstensen (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 429.68 km2 (165.90 sq mi) |
• Land | 385.42 km2 (148.81 sq mi) |
• Water | 44.25 km2 (17.09 sq mi) 10.3% |
• Rank | #230 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 6,559 |
• Rank | #150 in Norway |
• Density | 17/km2 (40/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −1% |
Demonym(s) | Hollasokning or Lundhering[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-4018[3] |
Website | Official website |
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.[4][5]
Nome is a large agricultural and forestry municipality. The agricultural area in Nome is approximately 27,000 decares (10 sq mi). Forest harvesting averaged 36,000 cubic metres (1,300,000 cu ft) annually in the five-year period 2017–2021. Just over half was spruce, the rest was pine.[6]