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 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Oppland |
| District | Gudbrandsdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Lillehammer Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Fåberg |
| 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 |
| • Density | 27.8/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +26% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-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.