Åsbygda

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Åsbygda is a small village in Ringerike municipality of Buskerud, Norway.

Ringerike (municipality) Municipality in Buskerud, Norway

Ringerike is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Ringerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hønefoss.

Buskerud is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The county extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest. The county administration is located in Drammen. Together with Akershus and Østfold, Buskerud will form the new, larger county Viken, from 1 January 2020.

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

Åsbygda can be said to include the areas along the Randselva river, down towards the village of Viul and north to the county border at Jevnaker on the Randsfjorden in Oppland. This area experienced hard treatment during World War II, with several fierce battles conducted here. Åsbygda school was shut down at the end in June 2007.^[1]^[2]

Jevnaker is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302.

Randsfjorden is Norway's fourth-largest lake with an area of 138 km² (53 sq mi). Its volume is estimated at just over 7 km³ (1.7 cu mi), and its greatest depth is 120 metres (390 ft). The lake is 135 metres (443 ft) above sea level. It is located in the county of Oppland and borders the municipalities of Gran, Jevnaker, Nordre Land, and Søndre Land in the districts of Land and Hadeland. It is drained by the Randselva river.

Oppland[²ɔplɑn](listen) is a county in Norway, bordering Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway.

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References

↑ Rune Nedrud. "Randselva". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
↑ Geir Thorsnæs. "Viul". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 15, 2016.

Coordinates: 60°12′15″N10°22′23″E / 60.20417°N 10.37306°E / 60.20417; 10.37306

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[1] Rune Nedrud. "Randselva". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 15, 2016.

[2] Geir Thorsnæs. "Viul". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 15, 2016.