# Brandbu
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{{Short description|Village in Gran Municipality, Norway}}
{{about|the village in Gran, Norway|the former municipality in Norway|Brandbu Municipality}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Brandbu
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|settlement_type = Village
|image_skyline = Brandbu Storlinna I.jpg
|image_caption = View of the village's main road
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| mapframe-marker = village
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [Norway](/source/Norway)
|subdivision_type1 = [Region](/source/List_of_regions_of_Norway)
|subdivision_name1 = [Eastern Norway](/source/Eastern_Norway)
|subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/Counties_of_Norway)
|subdivision_name2 = [Innlandet](/source/Innlandet)
|subdivision_type3 = [District](/source/Districts_of_Norway)
|subdivision_name3 = [Hadeland](/source/Hadeland)
|subdivision_type4 = [Municipality](/source/List_of_municipalities_of_Norway)
|subdivision_name4 = [Gran Municipality](/source/Gran_Municipality)
|timezone1 = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time)
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|area_footnotes = [{{Cite web |title=Brandbu, Gran |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-101030/Norge/Innlandet/Gran/Brandbu |access-date=2022-10-15 |publisher=[yr.no](/source/yr.no)}}]}}
'''Brandbu'''[{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/491131 |access-date=2025-09-16|website=Norgeskart |publisher=[Kartverket](/source/Norwegian_Mapping_Authority) |language=no}}] is a village in [Gran Municipality](/source/Gran_Municipality) in [Innlandet](/source/Innlandet) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). The village is located in [Hadeland](/source/Hadeland), along the eastern shore of the large lake [Randsfjorden](/source/Randsfjorden), about {{convert|60|km}} to the northwest of the capital city of [Oslo](/source/Oslo).[{{Cite SNL|Brandbu|Brandbu|2025-09-16|Mæhlum|Lars|2025-08-01}}]
Brandbu and its neighboring village of [Jaren](/source/Jaren) have grown together through [conurbation](/source/conurbation), and [Statistics Norway](/source/Statistics_Norway) has considered them as one, single urban settlement for many years. The {{convert|5.7|km2|acre|adj=on}} village of Brandbu/Jaren has a population (2024) of {{formatnum:5148}} and a [population density](/source/population_density) of {{convert|903|PD/km2}}.[{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2024-10-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/tettsteders-befolkning-og-areal}}]
From the top of the {{convert|522|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Brandbukampen (originally a [volcano](/source/volcano) from the [Permian Period](/source/Permian)), there is a wide view of Brandbu and the villages surrounding it. The village of [Egge](/source/Egge%2C_Innlandet) lies at the base of the mountain, about {{convert|2|km}} to the northwest of Brandbu.
Just by the center of Brandbu lies the [Brandbu lower secondary school](/source/Education_in_Norway) as well as the Brandbu campus of the Hadeland [upper secondary school](/source/Videreg%C3%A5ende_skole). The nearby [Nes Church](/source/Nes_Church_(Gran)) is the seat of the Brandbu parish within the [Church of Norway](/source/Church_of_Norway). The church is located on the northern side of Røykenvik.
==History==
thumb|left|Augedal farm at Brandbu
Historically, the village of Brandbu was known as "Augedalsbro" (meaning ''Augedal bridge'') since there was a bridge over the small river Vigga at the site. Locals still commonly refer to the village as "Brua" (meaning ''the bridge'').
From 1897 until 1962, the village of Brandbu and its surrounding area were part of [Brandbu Municipality](/source/Brandbu_Municipality).
The ''Røykenvikbanen'' railway line stopped at the Brandbu Station from 1900 to 1957 as it connected Røykenvik along the [Randsfjorden](/source/Randsfjorden) to the main railway line. The station building has since been demolished.
===Augedalsbro===
The "Augedalsbro" or "Åvedalsbro" is an ancient place for a bridge that crossed the Augedalselva river (now known as the Vigga river). There was a lift station there in older times as well. This was where the old and new [Bergensveien](/source/Bergensveien) (''Bergen road'') met and [Høgkorsveien](/source/H%C3%B8gkorsveien) (''high cross road'') went from here and over to [Toten](/source/Toten). Although the main bridge was moved to Rosendal, a little a bit further up river in the mid-1800s, Augedalsbro continued to be a lift station. The site was also the meeting place for the [municipal council](/source/municipal_council) in the old [Brandbu Municipality](/source/Brandbu_Municipality). The Old Molstad mill (''Molstadkvern mølle'') from 1915 which stood near the bridge is now a part of the [Hadeland Folkemuseum](/source/Hadeland_Folkemuseum).
Augedalsbro is also the [motive](/source/Motif_(visual_arts)) for the painting ''Augedals bro'' by [Gerhard Munthe](/source/Gerhard_Munthe_(painter)) (1897).
== Notable people ==
{{See also|Gran Municipality#Notable_people}}
==References==
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Category:Gran Municipality
Category:Villages in Innlandet
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