Stor-Elvdal

Stor-Elvdal Municipality
Stor-Elvdal kommune
Stor-Elvdalen herred  (historic name)
Store Elvdalen herred  (historic name)
The river Glomma running through the municipality
The river Glomma running through the municipality
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Stor-Elvdal within Innlandet
Stor-Elvdal within Innlandet
Coordinates: 61°38′6″N 10°52′27″E / 61.63500°N 10.87417°E / 61.63500; 10.87417
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictØsterdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreKoppang
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Linda Otnes Henriksen (Ap)
Area
 • Total
2,165.78 km2 (836.21 sq mi)
 • Land2,126.99 km2 (821.24 sq mi)
 • Water38.77 km2 (14.97 sq mi)  1.8%
 • Rank#29 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
2,281
 • Rank#263 in Norway
 • Density1.1/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −13.6%
DemonymStorelvdøl[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3423[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Stor-Elvdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Koppang. Other villages in the municipality include Atna, Evenstad, and Sollia.[4]

The 2,166-square-kilometre (836 sq mi) municipality is the 28th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stor-Elvdal is the 263rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,281. The municipality's population density is 1.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 13.6% 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. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2 July 2021). "Stor-Elvdal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 March 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).