Elverum

Elverum Municipality
Elverum kommune
Ludgaardsvegen at Elverum square, 2022
Ludgaardsvegen at Elverum square, 2022
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Elverum within Innlandet
Elverum within Innlandet
Coordinates: 60°55′39″N 11°42′55″E / 60.92750°N 11.71528°E / 60.92750; 11.71528
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictØsterdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreElverum
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Lillian Skjærvik (Ap)
Area
 • Total1,229.28 km2 (474.63 sq mi)
 • Land1,209.14 km2 (466.85 sq mi)
 • Water20.13 km2 (7.77 sq mi)  1.6%
 • Rank#87 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total21,568
 • Rank#57 in Norway
 • Density17.8/km2 (46/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +6%
DemonymsElverumsing
Elverumsokning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3420[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Elverum [ˈɛ⁠lvərɵm] is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum. Other settlements in the municipality include Heradsbygd, Sørskogbygda, and Neverlia. Elverum lies at an important crossroads, with the town of Hamar to the west, the town of Kongsvinger to the south, and village of Innbygda and the Swedish border to the northeast. It is bordered on the north by Åmot municipality, in the northeast by Trysil municipality, in the southeast by Våler municipality, and in the west by Løten municipality.[4]

The 1,229-square-kilometre (475 sq mi) municipality is the 87th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Elverum is the 57th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,568. The municipality's population density is 17.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (46/sq mi) and its population has increased by 6% over the previous 10-year period.[5][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. ^ Olsen Haugen, Morten, ed. (3 March 2022). "Elverum". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2022.