Editing Øvre Eiker (section)

==Geography==
Øvre Eiker is a lush valley along [[Drammenselva]] with [[Modum]] to the north and [[Drammen]] to the east. To the south flows [[Eikeren]] watercourse, which is dominated by the contiguous [[Lake]]s [[Eikeren]] and Fiskumvannet. Eikeren is 156 [[Metre|Meters]] deep and is partly located in [[Holmestrand]] municipality in the south. The municipality's highest point, [[Myrehogget]], 707 [[meters above sea level]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Myrehogget |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11990340 |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}}</ref> is located west, between Øvre Eiker and [[Flesberg]] municipality.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snl.no/%C3%98vre_Eiker |title=Øvre Eiker – Store norske leksikon |publisher=Snl.no |date= |accessdate=2022-08-13}}</ref>

About half of the municipality's inhabitants live in the municipal center [[Hokksund]], which in 2021 had 9,514 inhabitants, the rest live mainly in the settlements [[Vestfossen]], [[Skotselv]], [[Ormåsen]], and [[Darbu]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ssb.no/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/tettsteders-befolkning-og-areal | title=Tettsteders befolkning og areal }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |title=Kommunefakta |url=https://www.ssb.no/kommunefakta/ovre-eiker}}</ref>

The municipality is part of the Drammen region and Buskerudbyen,<ref>{{cite web |title=Q17760785 |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17760785 |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}}</ref> which is a collaboration within transport, environment and health.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>