Nord-Fron Municipality
Nord-Fron kommune | |
|---|---|
| Nordre Fron herred (historic name) | |
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 Flag | |
 Innlandet within Norway | |
 Nord-Fron within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 61°39′32″N 9°43′40″E / 61.65889°N 9.72778°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Gudbrandsdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1851 |
| • Preceded by | Fron Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1966 |
| • Succeeded by | Fron Municipality |
| Re-established | 1 Jan 1977 |
| • Preceded by | Fron Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Vinstra |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021) | Anne-Marie Olstad (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,141.32 km2 (440.67 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,091.82 km2 (421.55 sq mi) |
| • Water | 49.5 km2 (19.1 sq mi) 4.3% |
| • Rank | #95 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 5,589 |
| • Rank | #169 in Norway |
| • Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −4.1% |
| Demonym | Frøning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3436[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Nord-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vinstra. Other population centers in Nord-Fron include the villages of Kvam and Skåbu.
The 1,141-square-kilometre (441 sq mi) municipality is the 95th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nord-Fron is the 169th most populous municipality in Norway, with a population of 5,589. The municipality's population density is 5.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi), and its population has decreased by 4.1% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2021). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2021). "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).