Ringebu
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the municipality in Innlandet, Norway. For other uses, see Ringebu (disambiguation).
Ringebuⓘ 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 Vålebru (the village is also known as Ringebu).
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Ringebu Municipality
Ringebu kommune | |
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Coordinates: 61°32′8″N 10°18′29″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Gudbrandsdal |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Vålebru |
Government | |
• Mayor (2015) | Arne Fossmo (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,247.58 km2 (481.69 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,221.33 km2 (471.56 sq mi) |
• Water | 26.25 km2 (10.14 sq mi) 2.1% |
• Rank | #85 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 4,416 |
• Rank | #195 in Norway |
• Density | 3.6/km2 (9/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −1.8% |
Demonym | Ringbygging[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3439[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 1,248-square-kilometre (482 sq mi) municipality is the 85th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Ringebu is the 195th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,416. The municipality's population density is 3.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.8% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]