Modum Municipality Modum kommune | |
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 Buskerud within Norway | |
 Modum within Buskerud | |
| Coordinates:59°57′27″N9°58′58″E / 59.95750°N 9.98278°E /59.95750; 9.98278 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Buskerud |
| District | Ringerike |
| Administrative centre | Vikersund |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019) | Sunni Grøndahl Aamodt (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 515 km2 (199 sq mi) |
| • Land | 463 km2 (179 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #204 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 12,594 |
| • Rank | #87 in Norway |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| • Change(10 years) |  +3.2% |
| Demonym | Moing/Moding[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3316[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Modum is amunicipality inBuskerudcounty,Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town ofVikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt).
The area has a long tradition ofskiing with several famous skiers. Modum is home to one of the largest ski jumping hills in the world,Vikersundbakken which is situated in Heggen, outsideGeithus. The hill record, established in 2017 is a jump of 253.5 metres (832 ft).
The municipality (originally theparish) is named after the oldModum farm (Old Norse:Móðheimr), since the first church was built here. The first element ismóða which means "river" (here theDrammenselva river) and the last element isheimr which means "home", "homestead", or "farm". The name of the farm was later changed toBuskerud.
Thecoat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 15 March 1985. The arms show three wavy silver lines “party per bend sinister” on a blue background. They represent the three main rivers in the municipality:Drammenselva,Snarumselva, andSimoa and the colourblue representsBlaafarveværket.[4]
| Ancestry | Number |
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 Poland | 316 |
 Kosovo | 98 |
 Lithuania | 87 |
 Iraq | 78 |
 Somalia | 76 |
 Eritrea | 71 |
 Germany | 71 |
 Denmark | 70 |
 Syria | 52 |
 Sweden | 48 |
The municipality is bordered in the north byKrødsherad andRingerike, in the east byHole andLier, in the south byØvre Eiker, and in the west bySigdal.
The municipality has three main villages:Åmot,Geithus, andVikersund.
Åmot is the starting point of Kunstnerdalen, which was frequently visited by of several Norwegian 19th and 19th century painters:Christian Krohg,Adolph Tidemand andHans Gude. It also was home toTheodor Kittelsen andChristian Skredsvig.Edvard Munch also painted in Modum. This is also the site ofBlaafarveværket whichnow includes a museum and art gallery.[6]
Geithus is the location of two hydroelectric powerplants; Geithusfoss kraftverk and Gravfoss kraftverk.[7]
Vikersund is the municipality administrative center of Modum and the site of the Modum City Hall. It is also the site ofVikersundbakken.
The following cities aretwinned with Modum:[8]
![Gulsrud Church[9]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aGulsrud_Kirke.jpg)
![Heggen Church[10]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aHeggen_kirke_TRS_070429_022.jpg)
![Nykirke Church [11]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aNykirke_Modum_TRS_1.jpg)
![Rud Church[12]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aRud_kirke_Modum.jpg)
![Snarum Church[13]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aSnarum_kirke_TRS_1.jpg)
![Vestre Spone Chapel[14]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aVestre_Spone_kapell_TRS_2.jpg)
Buskerud travel guide from Wikivoyage
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