- Founded
- July 1, 1885
- Country
- Employees
- 2,059(October 13, 2026)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- 2,059(October 13, 2026)
- Website
- ovre-eiker.kommune.no
- , ovre-eiker.kommune.no
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
107 statements · 59% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Shares border with
- Kongsberg
- Flesberg Municipality
- Sigdal
- Modum Municipality
- Lier
- Hof Municipality(until 2017)
- Holmestrand(since 2018)
- Drammen(since 2020)
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- Nedre Eiker Municipality(until 2019)
- Head of government
- Knut Kvale(since 2019) member of political party: Centre Party
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Sources- 1.ovre-eiker.kommune.no/Aktuelt/Sider/ny-ordforer-valgt-i-ks-knut-kvale.aspxRetrieved 2021-03-10
- Ann Sire Fjerdingstad(2009–2019)
- Knut Kvale(since 2019) member of political party: Centre Party
- Population
- 20,965(January 1, 2026)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2026”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 20,861(January 1, 2025)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2025”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 20,779(January 1, 2024)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2024”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 20,495(January 1, 2023)
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Sources- 1.“07459: Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2023”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 20,044(January 1, 2022)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2022”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 19,709(January 1, 2021)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2021”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 19,423(January 1, 2020)
- 18,039(2015)
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- 20,965(January 1, 2026)
- Area
- 456.69 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: landmass, island
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- 457 km²
- 456.69 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: whole
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- 10.11 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: open area
1
- 0 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: snow, ice
1
- 35.76 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: lake
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- 3.02 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: river, arroyo
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- 9.09 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: bog
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- 336.83 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: forest
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- 54.93 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: arable land
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- 5.13 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: urban agglomeration
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- 0.47 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: industrial zone
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- 1.36 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: other
1
- 417.91 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: land
2
Sources- 1.“09280: Areal av land og ferskvatn (km²) (K) 2007 - 2020”ssb.no/statbank/table/09280/
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- 38.78 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: fresh water
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Sources- 1.“09280: Areal av land og ferskvatn (km²) (K) 2007 - 2020”ssb.no/statbank/table/09280/
- 456.6936 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: landmass, island
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 456.6936 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: whole
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: territorial sea
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 10.5963 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: open area
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: snow, ice
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 35.7719 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: lake
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 3.0185 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: river, arroyo
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 9.0954 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: bog
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 336.7273 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: forest
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 54.9397 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: arable land
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 5.0051 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: urban agglomeration
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0.4671 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: industrial zone
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 1.0724 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: other
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 456.69 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: landmass, island
- Language used
- Bokmål(October 1, 2015)
- Number of households
- 8,165(2018) applies to part: statistic sum
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- 5,750(2018) applies to part: single-family detached home
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- 651(2018) applies to part: semi-detached house
1
- 618(2018) applies to part: terrace house
1
- 845(2018) applies to part: apartment building
1
- 301(2018) applies to part: statistic residue
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- 8,165(2018) applies to part: statistic sum
- Demonym
- eikværing
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- eikværing
- Highest point
- Myrehogget elevation: 706.7 m
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Sources- 1.kartverket.no/til-lands/fakta-om-norge/hoyeste-fjelltopp-i-kommunenRetrieved 2021-03-10
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- Myrehogget elevation: 706.7 m
- Significant event
- boundary change(January 1, 2022) gained territory from: Drammen · gave up territory to: Drammen
- boundary change(January 1, 1965) gained territory from: Nedre Eiker Municipality · gave up territory to: Nedre Eiker Municipality
- boundary change(January 1, 1964) gained territory from: Flesberg Municipality
- boundary change(September 24, 1954) gave up territory to: Nedre Eiker Municipality
- Official language
- Bokmål
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- Bokmål
- Industry
- general public administration activities
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- general public administration activities
On other databases
24 identifiers linking Øvre Eiker across the web's reference databases
- Arkivportalen agent IDno-a1450-04000000276942
- Data Commons IDwikidataId/Q110311
- Facebook usernameoeiker
- Freebase ID/m/0187bh
- GeoNames ID3143010
- GNS Unique Feature ID-274085
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDØvre_Eiker
- GRID IDgrid.458724.8
- INaturalist place ID40083
- Instagram usernameoeiker
- KulturNav-ID23a9ae7a-7bae-44e6-ab56-9909444185d0
- LinkedIn company or organization ID-vre-eiker-kommune
- Lokalhistoriewiki.no article IDØvre_Eiker_kommune
- MusicBrainz area ID7ae658e4-54b5-4a54-adeb-d0ae6c07bc55
- Norwegian municipality number0624
- Norwegian organisation number954597482
- OpenStreetMap relation ID412350
- ROR ID05veaq644
- Scilit organization ID49362
- SSR place name number510327
- Who's on First ID1159297345
- X (Twitter) usernameoeiker
- YouTube channel IDUCrVxJjB63g-DourVq3ZfyZg
- YouTube handleoeiker