Jaren is the

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Gran Municipality is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jaren. Other villages in Gran include Bjoneroa, Brandbu, Egge, Gran, and ...

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...

county,

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. The village is located about to the northwest of the capital city of

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

. The lake

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(Norway's fourth largest lake) lies about west of Jaren. The village of

Brandbu Brandbu is a village in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in Hadeland, along the eastern shore of the large lake Randsfjorden, about to the northwest of the capital city of Oslo. Brandbu and its neighboring ...

lies about to the northwest and the villages of Ringstad and Gran lie about to the southeast. Jaren and its neighboring village of

have grown together through

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and

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has considered them as one, single urban settlement for many years. The village of Brandbu/Jaren has a population (2021) of 4,848 and a

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of . The

Norwegian National Road 4 Norwegian National Road 4 ( no, Riksvei 4, ) is a national road in Norway which is the main route north from the capital city of Oslo to the junction with the European route E6 highway at the village of Biri in Gjøvik Municipality. The road r ...

and the Gjøvikbanen railway line both run through the village, with the train stopping at

Jaren Station Jaren Station ( no, Jaren stasjon) is a railway station located at Jaren in Oppland, Norway. The station is the terminus for the Oslo Commuter Rail, but is also served by regional trains that continue to Gjøvik. Both services are provided by Vy ...

Moen Church Moen Church ( no, Moen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the village of Jaren. It is one of the churches for the Moen/Ål parish which is part ...

lies in the northern part of Jaren. Jaren is the municipality's industrial center. The cornerstone company ''Hapro'' produces industrial electronics. Jaren also has an aluminum goods factory, a quarry, and a grain silo. The Hadeland energy plant is located at Jaren. The

Hadeland Folkemuseum Hadeland Folkemuseum is a regional museum for Hadeland ( Gran, Lunner and Jevnaker). It was founded in 1913, and is located in Tingelstad in Gran. The museum is situated along ''Kongevegen'' (The King's Road), the road from Oslo to Bergen which ...

has a site located just west of Jaren. The museum includes the

Old Tingelstad Church Old Tingelstad Church ( no, Tingelstad gamle kirke) is a former parish church of the Church of Norway in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tingelstad. It is part of the Gran/Tingelstad parish which is ...

which was built in Romanesque style during the Middle Ages, and it has a well-preserved Renaissance interior.

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