Øyer
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Øyer is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tingberg. The two largest villages in the municipality are Granrudmoen and Tretten.
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Øyer Municipality
Øyer kommune | |
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Øier herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 61°15′55″N 10°24′48″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Gudbrandsdal |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Tingberg |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Anne Marie Sveipe (H) |
Area | |
• Total | 640.15 km2 (247.16 sq mi) |
• Land | 616.47 km2 (238.02 sq mi) |
• Water | 23.66 km2 (9.14 sq mi) 3.7% |
• Rank | #182 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 5,161 |
• Rank | #180 in Norway |
• Density | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | +1.2% |
Demonym | Øyværing[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3440[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 640-square-kilometre (250 sq mi) municipality is the 182nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Øyer is the 180th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,161. The municipality's population density is 8.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (22/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1.2% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]