Nome, Norway
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Nome kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Telemark within Norway
Nome within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°17′5″N 9°7′26″E / 59.28472, 9.12389
Country	Norway
County	Telemark
District	Midt-Telemark
Municipality ID	NO-0819
Administrative centre	Ulefoss
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Jan Thorsen (Sp)
Area (Nr. 229 in Norway)
- Total	430 km² (166 sq mi)
- Land	386 km² (149 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	6,606
- Density	17/km² (44/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	-1.6 %
- Rank in Norway	149
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Neutral
Demonym	hollasokning 1
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.nome.kommune.no

Nome is a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway.

Nome was created as a new municipality January 1, 1964 - after the merger of the two old municipalities of Holla and Lunde.

Nome consists of a number of villages, including Lunde, Ulefoss and Svenseid.

The name

The municipality of Nome was created in 1964 - and the name was taken from a lake in the river of Eidselva. The meaning of the name is unknown.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1989). It is meant to represent the Telemark Canal, which is running through the municipality.

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