Østre Toten
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Østre Toten is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lena. Other villages in the municipality include Kapp, Kolbu, Kraby, Lensbygda, Nordlia, Skreia, and Sletta.
Østre Toten Municipality
Østre Toten kommune | |
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Coordinates: 60°36′48″N 10°54′58″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Toten |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Lena |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Bror Helgestad (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 562.56 km2 (217.21 sq mi) |
• Land | 485.48 km2 (187.44 sq mi) |
• Water | 77.09 km2 (29.76 sq mi) 13.7% |
• Rank | #193 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 14,896 |
• Rank | #83 in Norway |
• Density | 30.7/km2 (80/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | +0.9% |
Demonym | Østretotning[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3442[3] |
Website | Official website |
The 563-square-kilometre (217 sq mi) municipality is the 193rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Østre Toten is the 83rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 14,896. The municipality's population density is 30.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (80/sq mi) and its population has increased by 0.9% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]