Nesbyen is a town and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

in Nesbyen municipality in the county of

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. Nesbyen is located in the traditional district of

Hallingdal Hallingdal ( en, Halling Valley) is a valley as well as a traditional district located in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken county in Norway. It consists of six municipalities: Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol. ...

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Nesbyen has a population of about 3,500 inhabitants. It is located on the

Bergen Line The Bergen Line or the Bergen Railway ( no, Bergensbanen or nn, Bergensbana), is a long scenic standard gauge railway line between Bergen and Hønefoss, Norway. The name is often applied for the entire route from Bergen via Drammen to Osl ...

railroad which runs between

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and

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. Nesbyen Station was opened in 1907 when the Bergen Railway was opened to

Gulsvik Gulsvik is a village in the municipality of Flå in Buskerud, Norway. It is located in Hallingdal at the north end of Lake Krøderen. The center of the village lies at Gulsvik Rail Station. Bergensbanen railway terminated at Gulsvik Station fr ...

. Nesbyen is located on

Norwegian National Road 7 Norwegian National Road 7 ( no, Riksvei 7, ) is a national road in Norway which runs from the town of Hønefoss in Viken county to the village of Granvin in Vestland county. The route is long and runs east–west through Viken and Vestland c ...

. Gamle Nes is the oldest part of Nesbyen. Nesbyen was an early administrative center for Hallingdal. Most buildings in Gamle Nes date to before 1900. Nesbyen is surrounded by mountains on several sides, with good roads to most mountain areas. Hallingnatten is the municipality's highest point, 1,314 meters above sea level. Hallingdal Museum, founded in 1899 and one of the oldest open air museums in Norway, is headquartered in Nesbyen. The Hallingdal Museum organization has professional, administrative, and operational responsibility for the museums in Hallingdal. Nesbyen is listed as the location with the highest recorded temperature in Norway, with a record of set on 20 June 1970. Nes kraftverk is a hydroelectric power station 4 km north of Nesbyen. The power plant was commissioned in 1967 and takes advantage of a drop of 285 meters from the

Strandefjorden Strondafjorden () is a lake which lies in the municipalities of Nord-Aurdal and Vestre Slidre in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake is part of the Begna watershed. The lake sits at an elevation of above sea level and it has a circumference of ...

. It has four

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of 70 MW each and is the largest and lowest power plant in the Hallingdal River watershed (''Hallingdalsvassdraget''). The normal annual production is about 1330 GWh. Besides intake from Strandefjorden, water is taken from the rivers Ridola, Lya, and

Votna Votna is a lake in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The lake lies about straight east of the village of Røldal. The European route E134 highway runs along the northern part of the lake. There is a dam on the southwest en ...

. Water is also transferred from the river Rukkedøla through a separate tunnel. The power plant is owned and operated by

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. Nes Church in Hallingdal (''Nes kirke i Hallingdal'') was constructed during 1861. The church has 500 seats and was constructed of timber on a foundation of natural stone. The design was by architect

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. Nes Chapel (''Nes kapell'') at Nes Cemetery was built in 1953–54. It was made as an imitation of the Nes Stave Church, which was demolished almost a hundred years earlier.

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Nesbyen Official websiteNes kommune Official website Gamle Nes official website)Nes Church (Nesbyen) website
{{authority control Villages in Buskerud Nes, Buskerud

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