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=adm2nd



munwebpage=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 of Jondalen was transferred from Flesberg to Kongsberg January 1, 1964.

The municipality is divided into the parishes Flesberg, Lyngdal and Svene. Most of the population lives in the four villages of Svene, 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 of Blefjell, a popular tourist 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 around 1250)