Søndre Land
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Søndre Land is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hov. Other villages in the municipality include Fluberg and Odnes.
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Søndre Land Municipality
Søndre Land kommune | |
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Coordinates: 60°40′37″N 10°16′44″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Land |
Established | 1847 |
• Preceded by | Land Municipality |
Administrative centre | Hov |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Anne Hagenborg (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 728.35 km2 (281.22 sq mi) |
• Land | 659.15 km2 (254.50 sq mi) |
• Water | 69.20 km2 (26.72 sq mi) 9.5% |
• Rank | #156 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 5,564 |
• Rank | #171 in Norway |
• Density | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −2.4% |
Demonym | Søndrelending[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3447[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 728-square-kilometre (281 sq mi) municipality is the 156th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Søndre Land is the 171st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,564. The municipality's population density is 8.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (22/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.4% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]