Hokksund
Sign in to saveHokksund is a town in the county of Buskerud in Eastern Norway. It is the largest population center and administrative center of the municipality of Øvre Eiker.
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Vinony's link graph records 100 inbound references to Hokksund, and connects out to Drammen, Eastern Norway and Oslo.
It sits within the topics Cities and towns in Norway, Øvre Eiker and Populated places in Buskerud.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hokksund
- Region
- Buskerud
- Country
- Norge
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/Oslo
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Hokksund
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Haug kirke.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Haug Church in Hokksund
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Regions
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Østlandet
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Buskerud
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Øvre Eiker
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.6
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2017
- Settlement.population_total
- 8318
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Hokksund
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Øvre Eiker
- Population
- 9884
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Øvre Eiker
- Image
- Ovre Eiker council offices.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hokksund
- postal code
- 3303
- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Economy
- Transportation
- Places of interest
- Sport
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Hokksund is a town in the county of Buskerud in Eastern Norway. It is the largest population center and administrative center of the municipality of Øvre Eiker.
The town is located upstream of the Drammenselva river, about west of the city of Drammen and from the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The Vestfosselva river splits into two near Hokksund before meeting with Drammenselva near the center of the town. The Hellefoss hydro-electric station is located north of the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hokksund” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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