- Flesberg
Infobox_Kommune
name=Flesberg
idnumber=0631
county=Buskerud
landscape=Numedal
capital=Lampeland
governor=Egil Langgård (Ap)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=190
area=562
arealand=538
areapercent=0.17
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=302
population=2,512
populationpercent=0.05
populationdensity=5
populationincrease=0.2
demonym=Flesberging
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=59| lat_min=50| lat_sec=52| lon_deg=9| lon_min=28| lon_sec=56
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6634566 |utm_easting=0527029| geo_cat=adm2ndmunwebpage=www.flesberg.kommune.no
Flesberg is a municipality in the county of
Buskerud , Norway.Flesberg was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ). The area ofJondalen was transferred from Flesberg toKongsberg January 1, 1964.The municipality is divided into the parishes Flesberg,
Lyngdal andSvene . Most of the population lives in the four villages ofSvene ,Lampeland , Flesberg and Lyngdal. The administrative area is 560 km². The economy of Flesberg is dominated by forestry and agriculture, as well as the cluster of high-tech industries in neighbouring town Kongsberg. In the western part of Flesberg, the landscape rises steeply to the mountain area ofBlefjell , a populartourist destination .The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Flesberg (Norse "Flesberg"), since the first church was built here. The first element is "fles" f 'rock', the last element is "berg" n 'mountain'.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1989). It shows two "tømmerklaver" (to represent
forestry - and also the letter F).History
Flesberg stave church (built around1250 )
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