Nordre Land

Nordre Land Municipality
Nordre Land kommune
View of the village of Dokka in Nordre Land
View of the village of Dokka in Nordre Land
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Nordre Land within Innlandet
Nordre Land within Innlandet
Coordinates: 60°55′55″N 10°1′2″E / 60.93194°N 10.01722°E / 60.93194; 10.01722
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictLand
Established1847
 • Preceded byLand Municipality
Administrative centreDokka
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Ola Tore Dokken (Sp)
Area
 • Total955.33 km2 (368.85 sq mi)
 • Land920.49 km2 (355.40 sq mi)
 • Water34.83 km2 (13.45 sq mi)  3.6%
 • Rank#122 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total6,527
 • Rank#151 in Norway
 • Density7.1/km2 (18/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −3.4%
DemonymNordrelending[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3448[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Nordre Land is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dokka. Other villages in the municipality include Vest-Torpa, Nord-Torpa, Aust-Torpa, Fagerlund, and Nordsinni.[4]

The 955-square-kilometre (369 sq mi) municipality is the 122nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nordre Land is the 151st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,527. The municipality's population density is 7.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.4% 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. (18 March 2022). "Nordre Land". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 October 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).