Nordre Land Municipality
Nordre Land kommune | |
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 View of the village of Dokka in Nordre Land | |
 Flag | |
 Innlandet within Norway | |
 Nordre Land within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 60°55′55″N 10°1′2″E / 60.93194°N 10.01722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Land |
| Established | 1847 |
| • Preceded by | Land Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Dokka |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Ola Tore Dokken (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 955.33 km2 (368.85 sq mi) |
| • Land | 920.49 km2 (355.40 sq mi) |
| • Water | 34.83 km2 (13.45 sq mi) 3.6% |
| • Rank | #122 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 6,527 |
| • Rank | #151 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −3.4% |
| Demonym | Nordrelending[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3448[3] |
| Website | Official 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]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav, ed. (18 March 2022). "Nordre Land". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).