Ringsaker Municipality
Ringsaker kommune | |
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 View of the lake Mjøsa in Ringsaker | |
 Flag | |
 Innlandet within Norway | |
 Ringsaker within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 61°1′27″N 10°48′7″E / 61.02417°N 10.80194°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Hedmarken |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| Administrative centre | Brumunddal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Odd Amund Lundberg (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,280.08 km2 (494.24 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,122.58 km2 (433.43 sq mi) |
| • Water | 157.51 km2 (60.81 sq mi) 12.3% |
| • Rank | #77 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 35,475 |
| • Rank | #30 in Norway |
| • Density | 31.6/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +6.2% |
| Demonym | Ringsaksokning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3411[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Ringsaker () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brumunddal. Other settlements in Ringsaker include the town of Moelv and the villages of Furnes, Kvål, Kylstad, Mesnali, Nydal, Rudshøgda, Stavsjø, Tingnes, and Byflaten.
The 1,280-square-kilometre (490 sq mi) municipality is the 77th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Ringsaker is the 30th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 35,475. The municipality's population density is 31.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (82/sq mi) and its population has increased by 6.2% 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. "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).