Sør-Aurdal
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sør-Aurdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bagn. Other villages in the municipality include Begna, Hedalen, and Begnadalen.[4]
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Sør-Aurdal Municipality
Sør-Aurdal kommune | |
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Søndre Aurdal herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 60°41′47″N 9°39′32″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Valdres |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Bagn |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Marit Hougsrud (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,109.05 km2 (428.21 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,068.25 km2 (412.45 sq mi) |
• Water | 40.80 km2 (15.75 sq mi) 3.7% |
• Rank | #101 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 2,866 |
• Rank | #233 in Norway |
• Density | 2.7/km2 (7/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −8.9% |
Demonym | Søraurdøl[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3449[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 1,109-square-kilometre (428 sq mi) municipality is the 101st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sør-Aurdal is the 233rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,866. The municipality's population density is 2.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.0/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 8.9% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]