Engerdal Municipality
Engerdal kommune | |
|---|---|
| Engerdalen herred (historic name) | |
 View of the lake Femund in Engerdal | |
 Flag | |
 Innlandet within Norway | |
 Engerdal within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 61°53′N 12°2′E / 61.883°N 12.033°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1911 |
| Administrative centre | Engerdal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Tor Erik Skramstad (H) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,196.56 km2 (848.10 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,915.90 km2 (739.73 sq mi) |
| • Water | 280.64 km2 (108.36 sq mi) 12.8% |
| • Rank | #28 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 1,328 |
| • Rank | #309 in Norway |
| • Density | 0.7/km2 (2/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −3.5% |
| Demonym | Engerdøl[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3425[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Engerdal 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 Engerdal. Other villages in the municipality include Drevsjø, Elgå, Sømådal, and Sorken.[4]
The 2,197-square-kilometre (848 sq mi) municipality is the 28th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Engerdal is the 309th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,328. The municipality's population density is 0.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.5% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav, ed. (2 July 2021). "Engerdal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ 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).