Nord-Fron

Nord-Fron Municipality
Nord-Fron kommune
Nordre Fron herred  (historic name)
View of the lake Olstappen and Skåbu village area
View of the lake Olstappen and Skåbu village area
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Nord-Fron within Innlandet
Nord-Fron within Innlandet
Coordinates: 61°39′32″N 9°43′40″E / 61.65889°N 9.72778°E / 61.65889; 9.72778
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictGudbrandsdal
Established1 Jan 1851
 • Preceded byFron Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1966
 • Succeeded byFron Municipality
Re-established1 Jan 1977
 • Preceded byFron Municipality
Administrative centreVinstra
Government
 • Mayor (2021)Anne-Marie Olstad (Ap)
Area
 • Total1,141.32 km2 (440.67 sq mi)
 • Land1,091.82 km2 (421.55 sq mi)
 • Water49.5 km2 (19.1 sq mi)  4.3%
 • Rank#95 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total5,589
 • Rank#169 in Norway
 • Density5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −4.1%
DemonymFrøning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3436[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Nord-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vinstra. Other population centers in Nord-Fron include the villages of Kvam and Skåbu.

The 1,141-square-kilometre (441 sq mi) municipality is the 95th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nord-Fron is the 169th most populous municipality in Norway, with a population of 5,589. The municipality's population density is 5.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi), and its population has decreased by 4.1% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2021). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2021). "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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