Dovre

Dovre Municipality
Dovre kommune
View of the Dovre area
View of the Dovre area
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Dovre within Innlandet
Dovre within Innlandet
Coordinates: 62°2′6″N 9°28′3″E / 62.03500°N 9.46750°E / 62.03500; 9.46750
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictGudbrandsdalen
Established1861
 • Preceded byLesja Municipality
Administrative centreDovre
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Magne Vorkinn ((Sp))
Area
 • Total1,364.37 km2 (526.79 sq mi)
 • Land1,349.20 km2 (520.93 sq mi)
 • Water15.18 km2 (5.86 sq mi)  1.1%
 • Rank#69 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total2,466
 • Rank#256 in Norway
 • Density1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −9.6%
DemonymDovring[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3431[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Dovre is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dovre. Other villages in Dovre include Dombås and Hjerkinn. The municipality is bordered on the north by Oppdal municipality (in Trøndelag county), on the east by Folldal, on the south by Sel and Vågå, and on the northwest by Lesja. The highest peak in the municipality is Snøhetta at a height of 2,286 metres (7,500 ft).

The 1,364-square-kilometre (527 sq mi) municipality is the 69th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Dovre is the 252nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,466. The municipality's population density is 1.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.7/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 9.6% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

  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 (2021). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2021). "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).