Stange Municipality
Stange kommune | |
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 View of the village of Stangebyen | |
 Flag | |
 Innlandet within Norway | |
 Stange within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 60°42′57″N 11°11′25″E / 60.71583°N 11.19028°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Hedmarken |
| Established | 1 January 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Stangebyen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022) | Bjarne Christiansen (Ap) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 724.28 km2 (279.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 640.98 km2 (247.48 sq mi) |
| • Water | 83.30 km2 (32.16 sq mi) 11.5% |
| • Rank | #157 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 21,356 |
| • Rank | #59 in Norway |
| • Density | 33.3/km2 (86/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +10% |
| Demonym | Stangesokning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3413[3] |
| Website | Official website |
is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen. Other villages include Bekkelaget, Espa, Bottenfjellet, Ilseng, Ottestad, Sandvika, Sinnerud, Starhellinga, Tangen, and Romedal.
The 724-square-kilometre (280 sq mi) municipality is the 157th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stange is the 59th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,356. The municipality's population density is 33.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (86/sq mi) and its population has increased by 10% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).