Official Name: | Begna |
Other Name: | Begna bruk |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Innlandet |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Valdres |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Sør-Aurdal Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2937 Begna |
Coordinates: | 60.644°N 9.8813°W |
Elevation M: | 170 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Begna or Begna bruk is a village in Sør-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Begnadalen valley, along the north shore of the river Begna, about to the southeast of the village of Bagn which is the municipal centre of Sør-Aurdal. The European route E16 highway runs along the southern shore of the river, accessible by a nearby bridge. The village lies about to the northwest of the municipal (and county) border. Ringerike Municipality lies on the other side of the border.
The village is the site of a large sawmill which is the largest industrial site in Valdres. The sawmill sells about worth of lumber each year.[2]