Nedre Eiker Municipality Nedre Eiker kommune | |
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 Buskerud within Norway | |
 Nedre Eiker within Buskerud | |
| Coordinates:59°45′53″N10°2′0″E / 59.76472°N 10.03333°E /59.76472; 10.03333 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Buskerud |
| District | Eiker,Lower Buskerud |
| Administrative centre | Mjøndalen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2018) | Bent Inge Bye (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 122 km2 (47 sq mi) |
| • Land | 114 km2 (44 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #369 in Norway |
| Population (2003) | |
• Total | 21,377 |
| • Rank | #42 in Norway |
| • Density | 187/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| • Change(10 years) |  +11.5% |
| Demonym | Eikværing[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0625[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Nedre Eiker was amunicipality inBuskerudcounty,Norway. It is part of thetraditional region ofEiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village ofMjøndalen. The old municipality ofEiker was divided intoNedre Eiker (lower Eiker) andØvre Eiker (upper) on 1 July 1885.
TheOld Norse form of the name wasEikjar. The name is theplural form ofeiki which means "oak wood". The meaning ofNedre Eiker is "(the) lower (part of) Eiker". (The municipality of Eiker was divided in 1885.)
Thecoat-of-arms was granted on 26 June 1970. The arms show three gold-coloredoakleaves on a red background. The arms arecanting because the meaning of the name (Eik) comes from the word for oak.[4]
| Ancestry | Number |
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 Poland | 768 |
 Turkey | 488 |
 Vietnam | 410 |
 Lithuania | 290 |
 Afghanistan | 239 |
 Iraq | 230 |
 India | 198 |
 Iran | 170 |
 Kosovo | 143 |
 Sweden | 136 |
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The municipality is located in the southern part of Buskerud county. It borders the municipalities ofLier,Drammen,Hof, andØvre Eiker. The majority of the residents live in the villages of Mjøndalen,Krokstadelva,Solbergelva, and Steinberg.
TheDrammenselva River flows through the municipality of Nedre Eiker. It is one of the largest rivers in Norway, with a course running fromTyrifjorden in the north toDrammensfjord in the south.
The following cities aretwinned with Nedre Eiker:[9]
Buskerud travel guide from Wikivoyage
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