Drammen kommune
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Nickname(s): Elvebyen, The River City | |
Coordinates: 59°44′16″N 10°12′18″E / 59.73778°N 10.20500°E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Viken |
District | Buskerud |
Administrative centre | Drammen |
Area | |
• Total | 137 km2 (53 sq mi) |
• Land | 135 km2 (52 sq mi) |
• Rank | 366 in Norway |
Population (30 September 2020) | |
• Total | 101 738 |
• Rank | 6 in Norway |
• Change (10 years) | 9.7% |
Demonym | Drammenser[1] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3005 |
Official language form | Bokmål[2] |
Website | www |
Drammen is a city and municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway. It has a population of 101 000 people.
Drammen was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality of Skoger was merged with Drammen January 1, 1964. (And then transferred from the county of Vestfold to the county of Buskerud.)
Drammen is one of the larger cities in Norway, and is about 47 km from the capital of Norway, Oslo. The city centre is at the end of a valley, on both sides of the river Drammenselva, and where the river meets the Drammensfjord. Drammen is also the main city for car and fruit import in Norway.
The Norse form of the name was Drafn, and this was originally the name of the inner part of Drammensfjord. The fjord is, however, probably named after the river Dramselva (Norse Dröfn).
The city centre lies at the end of a valley, on both sides of the Drammenselva river, and where the river meets the Drammensfjord. Drammen is also the main harbor for car and fruit import in Norway. The forests around Drammen are called Drammensmarka. In the summer it is a popular area for hiking. In the winter skiing tracks are made and lighting make it cross country skiing possible during the evenings.
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