Skjåk
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Skjåk 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 Bismo. Most of the municipal residents live in the Billingsdalen and Ottadalen valleys along the river Otta. The local newspaper is named Fjuken.
Skjåk Municipality
Skjåk kommune | |
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Skjaak herred (historic name) Skiaker herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 61°56′10″N 7°57′37″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Gudbrandsdalen |
Established | 1 January 1866 |
• Preceded by | Lom Municipality |
Administrative centre | Bismo |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Edel Kveen (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,075.53 km2 (801.37 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,966.66 km2 (759.33 sq mi) |
• Water | 108.85 km2 (42.03 sq mi) 5.2% |
• Rank | #33 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 2,147 |
• Rank | #271 in Norway |
• Density | 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −5.8% |
Demonym | Skjåkvær[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3433[3] |
Website | Official website |
The 2,076-square-kilometre (802 sq mi) municipality is the 33rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Skjåk is the 271st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,147. The municipality's population density is 1.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5.8% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]