Åmot
Åmot is a village in Modum municipality in Buskerud, Norway. Located just south of Geithus, the two villages have grown closer to each other. They have a combined population of 5,694.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 7,040 residents
- Description: settlement in Modum Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Aamot”, “Aamot-Modum”, “Amot”, “Åmot på Modum”, “Amot-Modum”, and “Åmot, Buskerud”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Åmot Church and Kongsfoss power station.
Kongsfoss power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kongsfoss power station is an industrial building.
Nykirke
Church
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Nykirke is a church, which is situated 2½ km west of Åmot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Geithus and Skotselv.
Geithus
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Geithus is a village in Modum municipality of Buskerud, Norway. It is situated between the villages of Åmot and Vikersund. Geithus is located where the southwestern arm of Tyrifjorden ends and drains into Drammenselva. Geithus is situated 5 km northeast of Åmot.
Skotselv
Village
Skotselv is a village in the municipality of Øvre Eiker, Norway. Its population is 684, of which 8 people live within the border of the neighbouring municipality of Modum. It has a railway station on the Randsfjord Line. Skotselv is situated 6 km southwest of Åmot.
Vikersund
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Vikersund is a town of 3,232 inhabitants in the municipality capital of Modum, in the county of Buskerud, Norway.
Åmot
- Categories: human settlement, urban area in Norway, and locality
- Location: Modum, Buskerud, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.89264° or 59° 53′ 34″ northLongitude
9.92695° or 9° 55′ 37″ eastPopulation
7,040Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)Open location code
9FFFVWVG+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 300158202OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3163195Wikidata ID
Q4587289
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Åmot” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Geithus”
- Danish: “Åmot”
- Dutch: “Åmot”
- Finnish: “Åmot”
- French: “Åmot”
- German: “Åmot”
- Irish: “Åmot”
- Italian: “Åmot”
- Javanese: “Åmot, Buskerud”
- Javanese: “Åmot”
- Malay: “Åmot, Buskerud”
- Malay: “Åmot”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Åmot i Modum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Åmot”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Åmot i Modum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Åmot”
- Norwegian: “Åmot”
- Romanian: “Åmot, Buskerud”
- Romanian: “Åmot”
- Spanish: “Åmot”
- Swedish: “Åmot, Buskerud”
- Swedish: “Åmot”
- “Åmot”
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Notable Places Nearby
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