Gran, Oppland, Norway

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Gran in Oppland, Norway, is a rural municipality in the traditional district of Hadeland, known for its historic churches and agricultural landscape.

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Gran, Oppland, Norway canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
administrativeCentre Jaren
capital Jaren
climate humid continental climate
coatOfArms Gran municipality coat of arms
contains Granavollen church site
Hadeland Folkemuseum (nearby regional museum influence)
Mariakirken (Gran)
Nikolai Church (Gran)
Søsterkirkene (the Sister Churches)
linked to: Søsterkirkene
containsSettlement Bjoneroa
Brandbu
Gran (village)
Jaren
country Norway
governedBy Gran municipal council
hasBorderWith Gjøvik
Jevnaker
Lunner
Oslo (county-level entity)
linked to: Oslo county

Ringerike
Søndre Land
Vestre Toten
hasCharacteristic agricultural area
historic church sites
rural municipality
hasHeritage medieval church architecture
traditional Norwegian farm landscape
hasIndustry agriculture
forestry
small-scale manufacturing
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1838
languageUsed Norwegian
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Innlandet county
locatedInFormerAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Oppland county
linked to: Oppland
locatedInRegion Eastern Norway
Hadeland
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
locatedNorthOf Oslo
locatedOn Hadeland plateau
Randsfjorden (shoreline via Bjoneroa area)
observesDaylightSavingTime Central European Summer Time
officialLanguage Norwegian Bokmål
linked to: Bokmål
partOf Hadeland district
Kingdom of Norway
subdivisionType municipality of Norway
traversedBy Gjøvikbanen railway line (nearby/through Hadeland)
linked to: Gjøvik Line

Norwegian National Road 4

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Aasmund Olavsson Vinje deathPlace Gran, Oppland, Norway
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje burialPlace Gran, Oppland, Norway