Innlandet

Innlandet kommune
Municipality
Atnsjøen and Rondane
Coat of arms Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Coordinates: 61.5°N 10.666667°E / 61.5; 10.666667
Country	Norway
County	Innlandet
Established	1 Jan 2020
Administrative centre	Hamar
Area
• Total	52,072 km^2 (20,105 sq mi)
• Land	49,391 km^2 (19,070 sq mi)
• Water	2,681 km^2 (1,035 sq mi)  5.1%
• Rank	2 in Norway
Population  (2021)
• Total	370,603
• Rank	7 in Norway
• Density	7.5/km^2 (19/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	2.2%
Demonym	Innlending[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-34
Official language form	Neutral[2]
Preceded by	Oppland and Hedmark
Data from Statistics Norway

Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020, by merging the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark. It is in Eastern Norway. Hamar is the biggest city in the county with a population of 28,434.^[3]

Farming and forestry are the biggest industries. It helps with 20% of Norway's farming^[4] and about 40% of wood.^[5]

Etymology: The name means the inland.

Municipalities

Innlandet County has 46 municipalities:^[6]

Geography

Mountains

• Galdhøpiggen 2,469 m (8,100 ft)
• Blåkampen 1,662 m (5,453 ft)
• Høgvagltindene 1,576 m (5,171 ft)
• Mjellknapp 1,678 m (5,505 ft)
• Røykeskardhøi 1,808 m (5,932 ft)
• Søndre Svarthåmåren 1,854 m (6,083 ft)
• Søndre Kjølhaugen 1,768 m (5,801 ft)
• Sørhellhøi 1,951 m (6,401 ft)
• Sørhellhøin
• Søverhøi
• Steinahøfjellet 1,711 m (5,614 ft)
• Svånåtindene, mountain range

References

1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
3. "Population and land area in urban settlements". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
4. Bondelaget. "Landbruket i Innlandet skaper verdier" (PDF). Retrieved 9 February 2021.
5. Hobbelstad, Kåre. "Ressurssituasjonen i Hedmark of Oppland" (PDF). Retrieved 9 February 2021.
6. List of Norwegian municipality numbers (Norwegian)