Oppland

Oppland kommune
Former municipality
Oppland mountains
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Coordinates: 61.41°N 9.34°E / 61.41; 9.34
Country	Norway
County	Oppland
District	Eastern Norway
Established	1781
Disestablished	1 Jan 2020
Administrative centre	Lillehammer
Government
• Mayor (2015-2019)	Christl Kvam
Area
• Total	25,192 km^2 (9,727 sq mi)
• Land	23,787 km^2 (9,184 sq mi)
• Water	1,405 km^2 (542 sq mi)  5.6%
	*Area at municipal dissolution.
Population  (30 September 2019)
• Total	189,437
• Density	7.5/km^2 (19/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	0.2%
Demonym	Opplending[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-05
Official language form	Neutral[2]
Preceded by	Oplandenes amt
Succeeded by	Innlandet county
Data from Statistics Norway

Oppland is a former county in Norway. It has borders with counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo, and Hedmark. The capital was in the town of Lillehammer.

On 1 January 2020, the neighbouring counties of Oppland and Hedmark were merged to form the new county of Innlandet.

References

1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.