Hallingdal
Sign in to saveHallingdal () is a valley as well as a traditional district located in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud county in Norway. It consists of six municipalities: Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hallingdal
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Joachim Frich Fra Hallingdal.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Frå Hallingdal (Joachim Frich)
- Settlement.image_map
- Hallingdal.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Hallingdal and municipalities within Viken County
- Settlement.seat_type
- Adm. Center
- Settlement.seat
- Nesbyen
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5830
- Settlement.population_total
- 20569
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_demonym
- HallingHallingdøl is used by many outside the valley.
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Buskerud
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
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Hallingdal () is a valley as well as a traditional district located in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud county in Norway. It consists of six municipalities: Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol.
Hallingdal is one of the major valleys of eastern Norway, on an area of 5,830 square kilometers. Hallingdal lies in the northern part of the county of Buskerud. The valley stretches from Gulsvik by Lake Krøderen to the border with Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane. Central to the geography is relatively flat mountain area which lies above sea level. The valley is V-shaped and is drained by the Hallingdal River which originates in the western parts of Hardangervidda and flows eastwards later southwards through Hallingdal.