Sør-Fron
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sør-Fron 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 Hundorp. Other villages in the municipality include Gålå, Harpefoss, and Lia.
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Sør-Fron Municipality
Sør-Fron kommune | |
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Søndre Fron herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 61°34′8″N 9°55′24″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Gudbrandsdal |
Established | 1 Jan 1851 |
• Preceded by | Fron Municipality |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1966 |
• Succeeded by | Fron Municipality |
Re-established | 1 Jan 1977 |
• Preceded by | Fron Municipality |
Administrative centre | Hundorp |
Government | |
• Mayor (2011) | Ole Tvete Muriteigen (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 742.21 km2 (286.57 sq mi) |
• Land | 711.56 km2 (274.73 sq mi) |
• Water | 30.65 km2 (11.83 sq mi) 4.1% |
• Rank | #153 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 3,240 |
• Rank | #222 in Norway |
• Density | 4.6/km2 (12/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | +1.5% |
Demonym | Frøning[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3438[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 742-square-kilometre (286 sq mi) municipality is the 153rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sør-Fron is the 222nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,240. The municipality's population density is 4.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1.5% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]