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Nedre Eiker

{{Infobox kommune

| name = Nedre Eiker

| former = yes

| native_name =

| native_name_lang =

| other_name =

| official_name =

| idnumber = 0625

| image_skyline = File:Solsetra leirsted.jpg

| county = Buskerud

| district = Eiker, Lower Buskerud

| capital = Mjøndalen

| demonym = Eikværing

| language = Bokmål

| coatofarms = Nedre_Eiker_komm.svg

| munwebpage = www.nedre-eiker.kommune.no

| mayor = Bent Inge Bye

| mayor_party = Ap

| mayor_as_of = 2018

| area_rank = 369

| area_total_km2 = 122

| area_land_km2 = 114

| area_water_percent = 0.04

| population_as_of = 2003

| population_rank = 42

| population_total = 21377

| populationpercent = 0.47

| population_density_km2= 187

| population_increase= 11.5

| coordinates = {{coord|59|45|53|N|10|2|0|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}

| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6625681 | utm_easting = 0558053 | geo_cat = adm2nd

}}

Nedre Eiker was a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mjøndalen. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into Nedre Eiker (lower Eiker) and Øvre Eiker (upper) on 1 July 1885.

General information

=Name=

The Old Norse form of the name was Eikjar. The name is the plural form of eiki which means "oak wood". The meaning of Nedre Eiker is "(the) lower (part of) Eiker". (The municipality of Eiker was divided in 1885.) {{See also|Øvre Eiker}}

=Coat-of-arms=

The coat-of-arms was granted on 26 June 1970. The arms show three gold-colored oak leaves on a red background. The arms are canting because the meaning of the name (Eik) comes from the word for oak.{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/n/nedreeik.htm|access-date=2009-01-10}}

{{See also-text|Coats of arms of Eigersund|Songdalen|Tingvoll|Øvre Eiker}}

style="float: center;" class="wikitable"

|+ Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nedre Eiker by country of origin in 2017{{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 |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=30 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 }}

style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry

! style="background:#efefef;"|Number

{{flag|Poland}}768
{{flag|Turkey}}488
{{flag|Vietnam}}410
{{flag|Lithuania}}290
{{flag|Afghanistan}}239
{{flag|Iraq}}230
{{flag|India}}198
{{flag|Iran}}170
{{flag|Kosovo}}143
{{flag|Sweden}}136

Geography

Image:Drammenselva.jpg

File:Nedre Eiker bru (1).jpg

File:Nedre Eiker kirke.jpg

The municipality is located in the southern part of Buskerud county. It borders the municipalities of Lier, Drammen, Hof, and Øvre Eiker. The majority of the residents live in the villages of Mjøndalen, Krokstadelva, Solbergelva, and Steinberg.

The Drammenselva River flows through the municipality of Nedre Eiker. It is one of the largest rivers in Norway, with a course running from Tyrifjorden in the north to Drammensfjord in the south.

Churches in Nedre Eiker

  • Mjøndalen Church{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
  • Nedre Eiker Church{{cite web|url= http://www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Nedre_Eiker_kirke |title= Nedre Eiker kirke|publisher= Norges Kirker

|author= Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie |access-date= December 1, 2017}}

  • Solberg Chapel{{cite web|url= http://www.norske-kirkebygg.origo.no/-/bulletin/show/760076_solberg-kapell?ref=checkpoint

|title= Solberg kapell|publisher= Norske Kirkebygg|access-date= December 1, 2017}}

  • Tabor Chapel{{cite web|url= http://norske-kirkebygg.origo.no/-/bulletin/show/743513_tabor-kapell?ref=checkpoint|title=Tabor kapell

|publisher= Norske Kirkebygg|access-date= December 1, 2017}}

Notable residents

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Nedre Eiker:{{cite web|url=http://www.nedre-eiker.kommune.no/vennskaps-og-samarbeidsavtale.533183-86396.html|title=Vennskaps- og samarbeidsavtale|publisher=Nedre Eiker kommune|access-date=2009-01-10|language=no|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829102118/http://www.nedre-eiker.kommune.no/vennskaps-og-samarbeidsavtale.533183-86396.html|archive-date=2009-08-29}}

References

{{Reflist|2}}

External links

{{Commons category|Nedre Eiker}}

{{wiktionary|Nedre Eiker}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090829104810/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0625 Municipal fact sheet] from Statistics Norway
  • {{Wikivoyage inline|Buskerud}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060109101447/http://kulturnett.no/geografisknavigering/geografisknavigering_visning.jsp?fylke=T952798&kommune=T1541485 Culture in Nedre Eiker on the map] from Kulturnett.no

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Category:Former municipalities of Norway