Fåberg Municipality

Fåberg Municipality
Fåberg herred
Faaberg herred  (historic name)
View of Faaberg
Oppland within Norway
Fåberg within Oppland
Coordinates: 61°10′06″N 10°24′17″E / 61.16836°N 10.40479°E / 61.16836; 10.40479
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictGudbrandsdal
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byLillehammer Municipality
Administrative centreFåberg
Government
 • Mayor (1961–1963)Magne Henriksen (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
477.7 km2 (184.4 sq mi)
 • Rank#205 in Norway
Highest elevation
1,090.63 m (3,578.2 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total
13,292
 • Rank#40 in Norway
 • Density27.8/km2 (72/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
 +26%
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0524

Fåberg is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 478-square-kilometre (185 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its merge with Lillehammer in 1964. The area is now a rural area as a part of Lillehammer Municipality in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdalen. The administrative centre was the village of Fåberg. Today, Fåberg consist of the area within the Fåberg Parish and the mountainous parts of the municipality. Fåberg Vestfjell and Fåberg Østfjell, Nordseter.

Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 477.7-square-kilometre (184.4 sq mi) municipality was the 205th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Fåberg Municipality was the 40th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 13,292. The municipality's population density was 27.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (72/sq mi) and its population had increased by 26% over the previous 10-year period.