Editing Nesbyen (municipality)

{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Nesbyen
| native_name        =
| native_name_lang   =
| other_name         =
| official_name      =
| idnumber           = 3322
| image_skyline      = Nesbyen, Nes.jpg
| image_caption      = Administrative centre of [[Nesbyen]]
| county             = Buskerud
| district           = Hallingdal
| capital            = [[Nesbyen]]
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| coatofarms         = Nesbyen komm.svg
| demonym            = Nesning
| munwebpage         = www.nes-bu.kommune.no
| mayor              = Tore Haraldset
| mayor_party        = [[Bygdeliste|LL]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2015
| area_rank          = 135
| area_total_km2      = 810
| area_land_km2       = 773
| area_water_percent  = 0.25
| population_as_of   = 2004
| population_rank    = 248
| population_total   = 3467
| populationpercent  = 0.08
| population_density_km2= 4
| population_increase= 1.6
| coordinates        = {{coord|60|33|30|N|9|6|4|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6713609 | utm_easting = 0505550 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Nesbyen''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Buskerud]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]].  It is part of the [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]] of [[Hallingdal]].  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of [[Nesbyen]].

The [[parish]] of ''Næs'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]). The area of [[Flå]] was separated from Nes on 1 January 1905 to become a separate municipality.

==General information==
===Name===
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Nes'' farm ([[Old Norse]]: ''Nes''&mdash;now the village of Nesbyen), since the first church was built there.  The name is identical with the word ''nes'' which means ''[[headland]]''.  Prior to 1889, the name was spelled ''"Næs"''.

===Coat-of-arms===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted on 29 June 1979. The arms show a yellow-gold triangle pointing to the left on a red background.  This represents a sandy peninsula or headlands (yellow triangle) formed by the [[confluence]] of two rivers: Rukkedøla and [[Hallingdalselva]].  The design is [[canting arms|canting]] because this is what the name of the municipality means (see above under the name).<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/n/nes.htm|access-date=2009-01-10}}</ref>

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nes by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population |language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=29 July 2017 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||95
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||36
|-
| {{flag|Eritrea}}||25
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}||18
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}||17
|}

==History==
Ancient routes went to [[Western Norway|Vestlandet]] through [[Valdres]] and Hallingdal and down [[Røldal]] to [[Odda]]. Reflecting this route, Hallingdal and its neighboring valley of Valdres were originally populated by migrants from Vestlandet and spoke a western [[dialect]]. In recognition of this, Cardinal [[Pope Adrian IV|Nicholas Breakespear]], who was in [[Scandinavia]] as [[papal legate]] in 1153, included these two valleys in the [[Ancient Diocese of Stavanger|diocese of Stavanger]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Stagg|first=Frank Noel|title=East Norway and its Frontier|publisher=George Allen & Unwin, Ltd|date=1956}}</ref>

==Geography==
The municipality lies in the [[valley]] and traditional district of Hallingdal. It is bordered on the north by the municipality of [[Gol, Norway|Gol]], on the east by [[Sør-Aurdal]], on the southeast by [[Flå]], on the southwest by [[Nore og Uvdal]], and to the west by [[Ål]].

The majority of the residents live in the villages of Nesbyen, Espeset, Eidal, Sjong, Børtnes, [[Bromma]], Svenkerud, and Liodden.

{{wide image|Norway Liodden Camping.jpg|770px|View from Liodden Camping}}

==Climate==
Nesbyen has a boreal climate, bordering on a humid continental climate, with fairly warm and pleasant summers and cold winters. On 20 June 1970, Nesbyen recorded the all-time high for Norway {{convert|35.6|°C}}; the record low {{convert|-38|°C}} was recorded 13 January 1914.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.verogvind.net/showpage.asp?id=141|title = Vær og Vind - Høyest - lavest Nesbyen I/II/Skoglund/Todokk - Powered by Proweb}}</ref> The weather station Nesbyen-Todokk started recording in 2003; there have been weather stations in Nesbyen recording temperature since 1897.

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{{Weather box
|location = Nesbyen - Todokk 1991-2020 (166 m, extremes 1897-2020 includes earlier stations, sunhrs from Oslo)
|metric first = y
|single line = y
|Jan record high C = 13 | Jan record low C = -38
|Feb record high C = 14.3 | Feb record low C = -37.2
|Mar record high C = 18.9 | Mar record low C = -29.8
|Apr record high C = 24.8 | Apr record low C = -19.8
|May record high C = 30.1 | May record low C = -8.6
|Jun record high C = 35.6 | Jun record low C = -4.7
|Jul record high C = 34.6 | Jul record low C = 0
|Aug record high C = 34.6 | Aug record low C = -2.1
|Sep record high C = 27.8 | Sep record low C = -6.8
|Oct record high C = 22 | Oct record low C = -22
|Nov record high C = 16 | Nov record low C = -27.4
|Dec record high C = 12.8 | Dec record low C = -34.5
|Jan high C = -4
|Feb high C = -0.7
|Mar high C = 5.8
|Apr high C = 11.6
|May high C = 16.6
|Jun high C = 20.9
|Jul high C = 22.9
|Aug high C = 20.7
|Sep high C = 16.2
|Oct high C = 8.1
|Nov high C = 1.1
|Dec high C = -2.8
|year high C = 
|Jan mean C = -7.4
|Feb mean C = -5.8
|Mar mean C = -0.6
|Apr mean C = 4.4
|May mean C = 9.4
|Jun mean C = 13.8
|Jul mean C = 16.1
|Aug mean C = 14.2
|Sep mean C = 9.7
|Oct mean C = 3.1
|Nov mean C = -2.5
|Dec mean C = -7.2
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = −11.3
|Feb low C = −9.6
|Mar low C = −5.6
|Apr low C = -1.2
|May low C = 3
|Jun low C = 7.7
|Jul low C = 10.4
|Aug low C = 9.2
|Sep low C = 5.1
|Oct low C = 0.1
|Nov low C = -4.9
|Dec low C = −9.8
|year low C = 
<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
|precipitation colour=green <!-- Enter "green" for green precipitation colours, remove this line for blue colouring. -->
|Jan precipitation mm=31.5
|Feb precipitation mm=19.5
|Mar precipitation mm=19.3
|Apr precipitation mm=24.7
|May precipitation mm=42.7
|Jun precipitation mm=59.3
|Jul precipitation mm=75.7
|Aug precipitation mm=72
|Sep precipitation mm=48.9
|Oct precipitation mm=45.5
|Nov precipitation mm=39.1
|Dec precipitation mm=30.5
|year precipitation mm=
|Jan sun = 45.1
|Feb sun = 77.6
|Mar sun = 146.5
|Apr sun = 182.0
|May sun = 248.0
|Jun sun = 230.3
|Jul sun = 244.1
|Aug sun = 203.8
|Sep sun = 150.1
|Oct sun = 94
|Nov sun = 50.9
|Dec sun = 40.0
|year sun = 
|source 1 = yr.no (mean, precipitation)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.yr.no/en/statistics/table/5-24890/Norway/Viken/Nes/Nesbyen |title=yr.no Nesbyen statistics |access-date=2022-01-23 }}</ref>
|source 2 = Meteostat (avg high/low temperature) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meteostat.net/en/station/01373/climate|title= Meteostat avg high and low Nesbyen|access-date=2022-01-23}}</ref>
}}

==Attractions==
[[Image:Trøymstugua, Hallingdal Museum.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Trøymstugua from 1645]]
[[Hallingdal Museum]] (''Hallingdal Folkemuseum'') is located in Nesbyen. Hallingdal Folk Museum,  founded in 1899, is one of the oldest open air museums in Norway. It has a large and unique collection of buildings and artifacts from farms in [[Hallingdal]]. Special mentions is houses like ''Staveloftet'', built around 1340, from the ''Stave'' farm and ''Trøymstua'' from about 1645, coming from [[Hemsedal]].

There is an old [[meteor crater]] just north of Nesbyen (about 6 kilometres north and then 4 kilometres into the woods). About 650 million years ago, a {{convert|200|to|300|m|ft|adj=on}} [[meteorite]] struck this area. This resulted in a {{convert|5|km|mi|adj=on}} [[impact crater]] and an enormous amount of outpouring of energy by the impact.

==Notable residents==
[[File:Margarete Bonnevie 3.jpg|140px|thumb|Margarete Bonnevie]]
* [[Hans Gude]] (1825-1903) painter, mainstay of [[Norwegian romantic nationalism]]
* [[Eilif Peterssen]] (1852-1928) a Norwegian painter of landscapes and portraits
* [[Marcelius Haga]] (1882–1968) Mayor from 1919 to 1934 and during the [[occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany|war]]
* [[Margarete Bonnevie]] (1884—1970) a Norwegian author, feminist and politician
* [[Olaf Øen]] (1925-2009) politician, Mayor of Nes 1963-1977
* [[Odd Bakkerud]] (1931–1989) a Norwegian fiddle player
* [[Lars Roar Langslet]] (1936–2016) politician, Minister of Education and Church Affairs
* [[Kristin Hille Valla]] (born 1944) teacher, school director and politician
* [[Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass]] (born 1961) a cross-country skier, silver medallist at the [[1988 Winter Olympics]]

==See also==
*[[Nesbyen IL]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Nesbyen}}
{{wiktionary|Nes}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224613/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0616 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Buskerud}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050825153805/http://www.nesbyen.no/sider_engelsk/sommer_hoved_e.html Nesbyen tourist office]

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[[Category:Hallingdal]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Buskerud]]