Monday, October 20, 2008

Drammen City - Norway

Drammen kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms of Drammen kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Drammen kommune
Buskerud within
Norway
Drammen within Buskerud
Drammen within Buskerud
Coordinates: 59°44′16″N 10°12′18″E / 59.73778, 10.205
Country Norway
County Buskerud
Municipality ID NO-0602
Administrative centre Drammen
Government
- Mayor (2003) Tore Opdal Hansen (H)
Area (Nr. 366 in Norway)
- Total 137 km² (52.9 sq mi)
- Land 135 km² (52.1 sq mi)
Population (2008)
- Total 60,145
- Density 421/km² (1,090.4/sq mi)
- Change (10 years) 8.2 %
- Rank in Norway 9
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form Neutral
Demonym Drammenser [1]
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.drammen.kommune.no

Drammen is a city and municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway.

Drammen was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality of Skoger was merged with Drammen 1 January 1964. (And then transferred from the county of Vestfold to the county of Buskerud.) There is also a town called Drammen in Wisconsin, named after the Norwegian city in 1877.

Source wikepedia


Drammen River

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