Engerdal

Engerdal Municipality
Engerdal kommune
Engerdalen herred  (historic name)
View of the lake Femund in Engerdal
View of the lake Femund in Engerdal
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Engerdal within Innlandet
Engerdal within Innlandet
Coordinates: 61°53′N 12°2′E / 61.883°N 12.033°E / 61.883; 12.033
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictØsterdalen
Established1 Jan 1911
Administrative centreEngerdal
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Tor Erik Skramstad (H)
Area
 • Total2,196.56 km2 (848.10 sq mi)
 • Land1,915.90 km2 (739.73 sq mi)
 • Water280.64 km2 (108.36 sq mi)  12.8%
 • Rank#28 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,328
 • Rank#309 in Norway
 • Density0.7/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −3.5%
DemonymEngerdøl[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3425[3]
WebsiteOfficial 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]

  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. ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav, ed. (2 July 2021). "Engerdal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).