Land (municipality)

Land Municipality
Land herred
View of the north end of the Randsfjorden
View of the north end of the Randsfjorden
Oppland within Norway
Oppland within Norway
Land within Oppland
Land within Oppland
Coordinates: 60°47′58″N 10°13′32″E / 60.799383°N 10.225524°E / 60.799383; 10.225524
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictLand
Established1 January 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 January 1847
 • Succeeded byNordre Land and Søndre Land
Administrative centreFluberg
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
1,684 km2 (650 sq mi)
 • Land1,580 km2 (610 sq mi)
 • Water104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population
 (1847)
 • Total
9,199
 • Density5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
DemonymLanding[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0536[2]

Land is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 1,684-square-kilometre (650 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1847. The area is now divided between Nordre Land Municipality and Søndre Land Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Fluberg. The municipality encompassed the whole area of the historical district of Land.[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. (15 February 2021). "Land (landskap i Innlandet)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 October 2022.