Fron Municipality
Fron Municipality
Fron herred | |
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View of the Fron area | |
Oppland within Norway | |
Fron within Oppland | |
| Coordinates: 61°35′24″N 9°46′35″E / 61.5901°N 9.7764°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Oppland |
| District | Gudbrandsdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1851 |
| • Succeeded by | Nord-Fron and Sør-Fron municipalities |
| Re-established | 1 Jan 1966 |
| • Preceded by | Nord-Fron and Sør-Fron municipalities |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1977 |
| • Succeeded by | Nord-Fron and Sør-Fron municipalities |
| Administrative centre | Hundorp |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1976-1977) | Asbjørn Myrvang (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 1,886.10 km2 (728.23 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,806.13 km2 (697.35 sq mi) |
| • Water | 79.97 km2 (30.88 sq mi) 4.2% |
| • Rank | #34 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,842.85 m (6,046.1 ft) |
| Population (1976) | |
• Total | 9,633 |
| • Rank | #93 in Norway |
| • Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +2.4% |
| Demonym | Frøning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0518 |
Fron is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 1,886-square-kilometre (728 sq mi) municipality was located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. Fron Municipality has existed twice: from 1838 to 1851 and again from 1966 to 1977. The area is now divided between Nord-Fron Municipality and Sør-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county. The administrative centre was the village of Hundorp where the Sør-Fron Church was located. Other villages in the municipality included Gålå, Harpefoss, Kvam, Lia, Skåbu, and Vinstra.
Prior to its dissolution in 1977, the 1,886.1-square-kilometre (728.2 sq mi) municipality was the 34th largest by area out of the 445 municipalities in Norway. Fron Municipality was the 93rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 9,633. The municipality's population density was 5.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) and its population had increased by 2.4% over the previous 10-year period.