Lier, Norway

Lier Municipality
Lier kommune
Municipality
City Hall in Lierbyen
City Hall in Lierbyen
Flag of Lier Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Lier Municipality
Coat of arms
Buskerud within Norway
Buskerud within Norway
Lier within Buskerud
Lier within Buskerud
Coordinates: 59°47′38″N 10°15′58″E / 59.7937863°N 10.2660000°E / 59.7937863; 10.2660000
CountryNorway
CountyBuskerud
Administrative centreLierbyen
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Gunn Cecilie Ringdal (H)
Area
 • Total
301 km2 (116 sq mi)
 • Land281 km2 (108 sq mi)
 • Rank#277 in Norway
Population
 (24971)
 • Total
21,594
 • Rank#40 in Norway
 • Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +9.8%
DemonymLiung[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3312[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Lier is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lierbyen. The municipality of Lier was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area Åssiden was transferred from Lier to the neighboring municipality of Drammen on 1 July 1951.

Norway's longest indoor shopping center, Liertoppen, is located in Lierskogen. The newspaper Lierposten is published in Lier.[4]

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Líðir. The name is the plural form of líð which means "hillside".

Coat of arms

The coat of arms and was designed by Hallvard Trætteberg and granted on 14 August 1970. The arms show five silver-colored apple blossoms on a red background. The area is well known for the production of various types of fruit, berries, vegetables, and flowers, so this was chosen as a symbol of the area's lush scenery and agriculture.[5][6]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Lier by country of origin in 2017[7]
Ancestry Number
 Poland 1,199
 Lithuania 343
 Somalia 310
 India 301
 Pakistan 245
 Iraq 197
 Vietnam 186
 Germany 166
 Sweden 162
 Kosovo 153

Geography

Lier borders to the municipalities of Asker, Bærum, Drammen, Modum and Hole. It includes the villages of Lierbyen, Sylling, Sjåstad, Nøste, Gullaug, Lierskogen, and Tranby.

Lier is thought of as a "green lung" for Norway's capital, Oslo, with its vast number of fields and apple trees. It is also famous for its agricultural products as strawberries and vegetables.

The Gilhusodden Nature Preserve is home of many different bird species. The area is also used for recreation, especially swimming and sunbathing, with its long, shallow beach.

Notable residents

St. Hallvard
Sæbjørn Buttedahl, 1926
Main category: People from Lier
Frogner Kirke
Frogner parsonage

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway

Lier is twinned with:[9]

  • Liertoppen Shopping Center
    Liertoppen Shopping Center
  • Gamle Hegg skole
    Gamle Hegg skole
  • Jacobsen Elektro main office
    Jacobsen Elektro main office
  • Hvalsdammen
    Hvalsdammen

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Store norske leksikon: Lierposten.
  5. ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Liers kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Lier kommune. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  8. ^ IMDb Database. Retrieved 20 February 2021
  9. ^ "Utveksling er topp". lierposten.no (in Norwegian). Lierposten. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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