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Brandbu is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 471-square-kilometre (182 sq mi) municipality existed from 1897 until its dissolution in 1962. The area is now part of Gran Municipality in the traditional district of Hadeland. The administrative centre was the village of Brandbu. The municipality included land on both sides of the large lake Randsfjorden, although most of the municipal residents lived on the east side of the lake.
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- ↑ "Hadeland" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Media Authority. Retrieved 26 January 2009.[ dead link ]
