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ID: 7009570 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009570			Record Type: administrative

Drammen (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 59 45 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 59.7500 decimal degrees
Long: 010 15 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 10.2500 decimal degrees

Note: Located at the junction of the Dram river & the Dramsfjorden; area has been settled since medieval times; three separate communites have merged over the centuries to form one city; goods include wood products, plastics, abrasives, textiles & beer.

Names:

Drammen (preferred,C,V)

Bragernes (H,V)

Strømsøy (H,V)

Tangen (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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Norge (nation) (P)

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Viken (county) (P,U)

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Drammen (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	area was first settled in 13th cen.; separate communities merged to form one city in 1811
city (C)
county seat (C)
port (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Bragernes..........	[VP]
....................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 214

Drammen..........	[BHA, VP Preferred]
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 58
.................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers

Strømsøy..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 214

Tangen..........	[VP]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 214

Subject: .....	[BHA, VP]
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 214
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 58
..................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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