- Jevnaker
Infobox_Kommune
name=Jevnaker
idnumber=0532
county=Oppland
landscape=Hadeland
capital=Jevnaker
governor=Hilde Brørby Fivelsdal (Ap)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=317
area=224
arealand=195
areapercent=0.07
population_as_of=2006
populationrank=159
population=6,312
populationpercent=0.14
populationdensity=33
populationincrease=8.0
language=Bokmål
demonym=Jevnakersokning
lat_deg=60| lat_min=16| lat_sec=16| lon_deg=10| lon_min=24| lon_sec=7
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6682455 |utm_easting=0577555| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.jevnaker.kommune.noJevnaker is a municipality in the county of
Oppland , Norway.The parish of "Jævnaker" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ).Lunner was separated from Jevnaker January 1, 1898.The municipality is (together with
Gran andLunner ) a part of theHadeland region. The Hadeland region has a population of about 30 000. The region spreads over a large area including several villages and towns.Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Jevnaker (Norse "Jafnakr"), since the first church was built here. The first element is "jafn" 'even, flat', the last element is "akr" m 'field, acre'.
Until 1889 the name was written "Jævnaker".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from 1983. It shows three glass cups (to represent the products of
Hadeland Glassverk ).Geography
Jevnaker is situated at the southern end of the
Randsfjorden . The municipality is bordered to the north by Gran, to the east byLunner , and to the southwest byRingerike inBuskerud county.Jevnaker municipality has an area of 224 km², measuring 25.5 km on a north-south axis and 21 km on an east-west axis. The municipality lies in the extreme south of the county of Oppland.
The highest point is Svarttjernshøgda with a height of 717 Meters.
The administrative centre is Jevnaker, with a population of 4,302.
Economy
Jevnaker is home to
Norema , one of Norway's largest kitchen manufacturers andHadeland Glassverk , an oldglassblowing factory with over 600,000 visitors each year, ranking it as the third most popular tourist destination in Norway.What to see
*
Hadeland Glassverk
*Kistefos Museum
*Gallery Roenland
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