Geithus

Geithus is a village in municipality of , Norway. It is situated between the villages of and . Geithus is located where the southwestern arm of ends and drains into .
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: settlement in Modum Municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: “Gjeithus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Geithusfoss power station and Gravfoss Power Station.

Industrial building
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is an industrial building.

Warehouse
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consists of two run-of-the-river power plants in the Drammen watercourse, in municipality, , . The plants lie just above the confluence with the Snarum River at Geithus, below Geithusfoss Power Station, and use water coming from , the Begna, and the Randsfjorden/Dokka watercourses.

Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an industrial building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vikersund and Åmot.

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is a town of 3,232 inhabitants in the municipality capital of , in the county of , Norway.

Village
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is a village in municipality in , . Located just south of Geithus, the two villages have grown closer to each other. They have a combined population of 5,694. is situated 5 km southwest of Geithus.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of , county, . Its population is 227. is principally a residential area situated about six km northwest of . is situated 7 km northwest of Geithus.

Geithus

Latitude
59.93203° or 59° 55′ 55″ north
Longitude
9.96793° or 9° 58′ 5″ east
Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NO GTH
Open location code
9FFFWXJ9+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304380847
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3155887
Wiki­data ID
Q4588586
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Uzbek—“Geithus” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Geithus”
  • Dutch: “Geithus”
  • French: “Geithus”
  • Irish: “Geithus”
  • Javanese: “Geithus”
  • Malay: “Geithus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Geithus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Geithus”
  • Norwegian: “Geithus”
  • Polish: “Geithus”
  • Romanian: “Geithus”
  • Swedish: “Geithus”
  • Uzbek: “Geithus”
  • “Geithus”

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