Tolga Municipality
Tolga kommune | |
|---|---|
| Tolgen herred (historic name) | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Innlandet within Norway | |
 Tolga within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 62°24′5″N 11°1′20″E / 62.40139°N 11.02222°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1966 |
| • Succeeded by | Tolga-Os Municipality |
| Re-established | 1 Jan 1976 |
| • Preceded by | Tolga-Os Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Tolga |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Bjørnar Tollan Jordet (SV) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,122.61 km2 (433.44 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,097.24 km2 (423.65 sq mi) |
| • Water | 25.32 km2 (9.78 sq mi) 2.3% |
| • Rank | #99 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,555 |
| • Rank | #300 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.4/km2 (4/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −7.5% |
| Demonym | Tolging[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3426[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Tolga 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 Tolga. The municipality is bordered in the east by the municipality of Tynset, in the south by Rendalen, and in the east by Engerdal and Os, all in Innlandet county.
The 1,123-square-kilometre (434 sq mi) municipality is the 99th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Tolga is the 300th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,555. The municipality's population density is 1.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 7.5% 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).