Sør-Odal
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sør-Odal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Odalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skarnes. Other villages in Sør-Odal include Disenå and Sander.
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Sør-Odal Municipality
Sør-Odal kommune | |
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Søndre Odalen herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 60°14′12″N 11°44′44″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Odalen |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Skarnes |
Government | |
• Mayor (2016) | Knut Hvithammer (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 516.74 km2 (199.51 sq mi) |
• Land | 479.04 km2 (184.96 sq mi) |
• Water | 37.70 km2 (14.56 sq mi) 7.3% |
• Rank | #207 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 8,069 |
• Rank | #132 in Norway |
• Density | 16.8/km2 (44/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | +3.4% |
Demonym | Sør-ødøling[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3415[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 517-square-kilometre (200 sq mi) municipality is the 207th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sør-Odal is the 132nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,069. The municipality's population density is 16.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (44/sq mi) and its population has increased by 3.4% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]