Jondalen is a

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Kongsberg Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production and fo ...

municipality,

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, outside the city of Kongsberg. Its history is closely tied to Kongsberg and the

Kongsberg Silver Mines Kongsberg Silver works () was a mining operation at Kongsberg in Buskerud county in Norway. The town of Kongsberg is the site of the Norwegian Mining Museum (). History Operating from over 80 different sites, Kongsberg silver mines constitute ...

. The river Jondalselva runs through the valley. Jondalen Church was built in 1882. Jondalen became an independent

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in 1861, and was incorporated into the new, larger Kongsberg municipality in 1964.

Literature

*''Norske Gardsbruk'', 2 vols. *Tho, Hallvard: ''Stedsnavnene i Jondalen''. Oslo 1949. {{Buskerud-geo-stub Kongsberg