Grue, Norway

Grue Municipality
Grue kommune
View of the landscape in eastern Grue
View of the landscape in eastern Grue
Flag of Grue Municipality
Coat of arms of Grue Municipality
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Grue within Innlandet
Grue within Innlandet
Coordinates: 60°27′23″N 12°03′30″E / 60.45639°N 12.05833°E / 60.45639; 12.05833
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictSolør
Established1 January 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreKirkenær
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Rune Grenberg (Ap)
Area
 • Total837.18 km2 (323.24 sq mi)
 • Land777.54 km2 (300.21 sq mi)
 • Water59.64 km2 (23.03 sq mi)  7.1%
 • Rank#136 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total4,572
 • Rank#189 in Norway
 • Density5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −8.5%
DemonymGrusokning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3417[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Grue is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kirkenær. Other villages in the municipality include Bergesida, Grinder, Namnå, Risberget, Rotberget, Skasenden, and Svullrya.

The 837-square-kilometre (323 sq mi) municipality is the 136th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Grue is the 189th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,572. The municipality's population density is 5.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 8.5% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

Economy: One private company (a lamp factory) has 51 employees; as of June 2024, there is less than a year until the production gets moved to an EU country.[6]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/hjornesteinsbedriften-bak-den-ikoniske-luxo-l-1-lampa-flagger-ut-fra-grue-til-polen-1.16934732. NRK.no. Retrieved 2024-06-22