Nome, Norway

For other uses, see Nome (disambiguation).

Nome kommune
—  Municipality  —
Ulefoss, Nome
Coat of arms Telemark within Norway
Nome within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°17′5″N 9°7′26″E / 59.28472°N 9.12389°E / 59.28472; 9.12389Coordinates: 59°17′5″N 9°7′26″E / 59.28472°N 9.12389°E / 59.28472; 9.12389
Country	Norway
County	Telemark
District	Midt-Telemark
Administrative centre	Ulefoss
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Jan Thorsen (Sp)
Area
- Total	430 km2 (166 sq mi)
- Land	386 km2 (149 sq mi)
Area rank	229 in Norway
Population (2004)
- Total	6,606
- Rank	149 in Norway
- Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	-1.6 %
Demonym	Hollasokning or Lundhering[1]
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0819
Official language form	Neutral
Website	nome.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Nome is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulefoss.

The municipality of Nome was created on 1 January 1964 when the two former municipalities of Holla and Lunde were merged together. Nome consists of a number of villages including Lunde, Ulefoss, Flåbygd, and Svenseid.

General information

Name

The municipality of Nome was created in 1964 and the name was taken from a lake in the river of Eidselva. The meaning of the name is unknown.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1989. The arms are silver and blue and are divided party per bend sinister to look like steps. It is meant to represent the Telemark Canal which runs through the municipality.

References

1. ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/. 

External links

• Media related to Nome at Wikimedia Commons
• The Wiktionary definition of Nome
• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
• Telemark travel guide from Wikitravel
• Nome (Telemark) travel guide from Wikitravel