Lier, Norway

Lier Municipality
Lier kommune
City Hall in Lierbyen
City Hall in Lierbyen
Flag of Lier Municipality
Coat of arms of Lier Municipality
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
 • Total301 km2 (116 sq mi)
 • Land281 km2 (108 sq mi)
 • Rank#277 in Norway
Population
 (24971)
 • Total21,594
 • Rank#40 in Norway
 • Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +9.8%
DemonymLiung[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3312[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

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]

  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.

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