Stange

Stange Municipality
Stange kommune
View of the village of Stangebyen
View of the village of Stangebyen
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Stange within Innlandet
Stange within Innlandet
Coordinates: 60°42′57″N 11°11′25″E / 60.71583°N 11.19028°E / 60.71583; 11.19028
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictHedmarken
Established1 January 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreStangebyen
Government
 • Mayor (2022)Bjarne Christiansen (Ap)
Area
 • Total
724.28 km2 (279.65 sq mi)
 • Land640.98 km2 (247.48 sq mi)
 • Water83.30 km2 (32.16 sq mi)  11.5%
 • Rank#157 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
21,356
 • Rank#59 in Norway
 • Density33.3/km2 (86/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +10%
DemonymStangesokning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3413[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Stange is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen. Other villages include Bekkelaget, Espa, Bottenfjellet, Ilseng, Ottestad, Sandvika, Sinnerud, Starhellinga, Tangen, and Romedal.

The 724-square-kilometre (280 sq mi) municipality is the 157th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stange is the 59th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,356. The municipality's population density is 33.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (86/sq mi) and its population has increased by 10% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

  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. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).