Tynset Municipality
Tynset kommune | |
|---|---|
| Tønset herred (historic name) | |
 View of the Tylldalen area | |
 Flag | |
 Innlandet within Norway | |
 Tynset within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 62°16′31″N 10°49′57″E / 62.27528°N 10.83250°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Tynset |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Merete Myhre Moen (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,880.32 km2 (726.00 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,822.46 km2 (703.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 57.80 km2 (22.32 sq mi) 3.1% |
| • Rank | #43 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 5,628 |
| • Rank | #166 in Norway |
| • Density | 3.1/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +1% |
| Demonym | Tynseting[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3427[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Tynset is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tynset. Other villages in Tynset include Fådalen, Fåset, Telneset, Tylldalen, and Yset.
The 1,880-square-kilometre (730 sq mi) municipality is the 43rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Tynset is the 166th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,628. The municipality's population density is 3.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.0/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1% 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).