Eidskog Municipality
Eidskog kommune | |
|---|---|
| Eidskogen herred (historic name) | |
 View of Magnor | |
 Flag | |
 Innlandet within Norway | |
 Eidskog within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 59°59′53″N 12°3′38″E / 59.99806°N 12.06056°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Vinger / Glåmdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1864 |
| • Preceded by | Vinger Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Skotterud |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Kamilla Thue (Ap) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 640.40 km2 (247.26 sq mi) |
| • Land | 603.37 km2 (232.96 sq mi) |
| • Water | 37.02 km2 (14.29 sq mi) 5.8% |
| • Rank | #181 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 6,028 |
| • Rank | #158 in Norway |
| • Density | 10/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −4% |
| Demonym | Eidskoging[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3416[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Eidskog is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vinger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skotterud. Other villages in the municipality include Magnor, Matrand, and Åbogen.
The 640-square-kilometre (250 sq mi) municipality is the 181st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Eidskog is the 155th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,032. The municipality's population density is 10 inhabitants per square kilometre (26/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.1% 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).