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.

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

Norway's longest indoor shopping center, Liertoppen, is located in Lierskogen. The newspaper Lierposten is published in Lier.[4]

General information

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Name

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The Old Norse form of the name was Líðir. The name is the plural form of líð which means "hillside".

Coat of arms

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The coat of arms and was designed by Hallvard Trætteberg and granted on 14 August 1970. The arms show five silver-colored apple blossoms on a red background. The area is well known for the production of various types of fruit, berries, vegetables, and flowers, so this was chosen as a symbol of the area's lush scenery and agriculture.[5][6]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Lier by country of origin in 2017[7]
Ancestry Number
  Poland 1,199
  Lithuania 343
  Somalia 310
  India 301
  Pakistan 245
  Iraq 197
  Vietnam 186
  Germany 166
  Sweden 162
  Kosovo 153

Geography

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Lier borders to the municipalities of Asker, Bærum, Drammen, Modum and Hole. It includes the villages of Lierbyen, Sylling, Sjåstad, Nøste, Gullaug, Lierskogen, and Tranby.

Lier is thought of as a "green lung" for Norway's capital, Oslo, with its vast number of fields and apple trees. It is also famous for its agricultural products as strawberries and vegetables.

The Gilhusodden Nature Preserve is home of many different bird species. The area is also used for recreation, especially swimming and sunbathing, with its long, shallow beach.

Notable residents

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St. Hallvard
 
Sæbjørn Buttedahl, 1926
 
Frogner Kirke
 
Frogner parsonage

Twin towns – sister cities

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Lier is twinned with:[9]

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References

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  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.
  5. ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Liers kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Lier kommune. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  8. ^ IMDb Database. Retrieved 20 February 2021
  9. ^ "Utveksling er topp". lierposten.no (in Norwegian). Lierposten. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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