Tynset

Tynset Municipality
Tynset kommune
Tønset herred  (historic name)
View of the Tylldalen area
View of the Tylldalen area
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Tynset within Innlandet
Tynset within Innlandet
Coordinates: 62°16′31″N 10°49′57″E / 62.27528°N 10.83250°E / 62.27528; 10.83250
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictØsterdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreTynset
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Merete Myhre Moen (Sp)
Area
 • Total1,880.32 km2 (726.00 sq mi)
 • Land1,822.46 km2 (703.66 sq mi)
 • Water57.80 km2 (22.32 sq mi)  3.1%
 • Rank#43 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total5,628
 • Rank#166 in Norway
 • Density3.1/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +1%
DemonymTynseting[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3427[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Tynset 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 Tynset. Other villages in Tynset include Fådalen, Fåset, Telneset, Tylldalen, and Yset.

The 1,880-square-kilometre (730 sq mi) municipality is the 43rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Tynset is the 166th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,628. The municipality's population density is 3.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.0/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1% 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).