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'Nore og Uvdal' is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway.
Nore og Uvdal (in the period 1858-1900 named just ''Nore'') was separated from Rollag in 1858. The municipality was divided into Nore and Uvdal January 1, 1901 - but these were again merged to one January 1, 1962.
The civic centre is Rødberg. Nore and Uvdal are the two other villages in the municipality.
It is bordered in the north by Hol, Ål and Nes, in the east by Flå and Sigdal, in the south by Rollag, Tinn and Vinje (the latter two in Telemark county), and in the west by Eidfjord in Hordaland county.
The municipality is located at the top of the valley and traditional district of Numedal, with a widely spread area of 2,505 km². The municipality’s high point is the Borgsjåbrot at (1,485 m), located on the border with Tinn municipality in Telemark county. A large part of the Hardangervidda lies within the municipality's borders.

Contents

The name

What to see

History

References

External links

The name

The municipalities of Nore and Uvdal were joined together in 1962.
The Norse form of Nore was ''Nórar''. The name is the plural form of ''nór'' n 'narrow sound, strait'. The name originally belonged to the vicarage (and church site) at Norefjorden.
The Norse form of Uvdal was ''Uppdalr''. The first element is ''upp'' 'upper, high', the last element is ''dalr'' m 'valley, dale'. The name originally belonged to the vicarage and old church site.

What to see

★ Langedrag Fjellgård (''Langedrag Mountain Farm''), — a resort in the mountain focusing on ecology and animals

History

★ Nore stave church (built around 1166 - 1200)

★ Uvdal Stave Church, a stave church originally constructed just after the year 1168^[1]

References

1. Official dating by Riksantikvaren (Directorate of Cultural Heritage in Norway)

External links

★ Nore og Uvdal kommune

★ Map of Nore og Uvdal showing points of culture from Kulturnett.no