Kolbu Municipality

Kolbu Municipality
Kolbu herred
View of the farmland in Kolbu
View of the farmland in Kolbu
Oppland within Norway
Oppland within Norway
Kolbu within Oppland
Kolbu within Oppland
Coordinates: 60°39′01″N 10°44′42″E / 60.65033°N 10.74489°E / 60.65033; 10.74489
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictToten
Established1 Jan 1908
 • Preceded byVestre Toten
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byØstre Toten
Administrative centreKolbu
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total132 km2 (51 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total2,906
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
DemonymKolbuing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0531[2]

Kolbu is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 132-square-kilometre (51 sq mi) municipality existed from 1908 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Østre Toten Municipality in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre was the village of Kolbu.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (29 March 2022). "Kolbu". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 October 2022.