Modum Municipality

thumb|250 px|Modum City Hall at Vikersund Modum is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

Key facts

Kommune.name: Modum
Kommune.idnumber: 3316
Kommune.image_skyline: Vikersund sentrum.jpg
Kommune.county: Buskerud
Kommune.district: Ringerike
Kommune.capital: Vikersund
Kommune.language: Bokmål
Kommune.coatofarms: Modum komm.svg
Kommune.demonym: Moing/Moding
Kommune.munwebpage: www.modum.kommune.no
Kommune.mayor: Sunni Grøndahl Aamodt
Kommune.mayor_party: Sp
Kommune.mayor_as_of: 2019
Kommune.area_rank: 204
Kommune.area_total_km2: 515
Kommune.area_land_km2: 463
Kommune.area_water_percent: 0.16
Kommune.population_as_of: 2004

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Moing
Population: 14776
Area: 54.10
Official website: www.modum.kommune.no
Image: Modum rådhus.jpg
Households: 311

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The area has a long tradition of skiing with several famous skiers. Modum is home to one of the largest ski jumping hills in the world, Vikersundbakken which is situated in Heggen, outside Geithus. The hill record, established in 2017 is a jump of .