 __notoc__ hÃ¸nefoss is a town in buskerud county, norway, and the center of the municipality of ringerike. it is located 63 kilometres northwest by road from the norwegian capital of oslo. in 1852, hÃ¸nefoss received town status and was separated from norderhov. hÃ¸nefoss celebrated its 150th year of township in 2002. in 1964, hÃ¸nefoss ceased being a separate municipality and became part of ringerike. hÃ¸nefoss is located north of lake tyrifjorden, where the river begna forms the waterfall of hÃ¸nefossen, giving the town its name. hÃ¸nefoss is an industrial center of inner Ãstlandet, containing several factories and other industry. as of 1 january 2008, hÃ¸nefoss has 14,177 inhabitants. ==etymology== the city is named after a waterfall in the begna river. the first element is the name of the old farm hÃ¸nen (norse *hÅnvin), the last element is foss m 'waterfall'. the name of the farm is a compound of a word *hÅn- (with an unknown meaning) and vin f 'meadow'. ==economy== hÃ¸nefoss is home to several factories and other industry, with the norske skog follum paper mill traditionally having had a significant impact on the to
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