Land Municipality
Land Municipality
Land herred | |
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View of the north end of the Randsfjorden | |
Oppland within Norway | |
Land within Oppland | |
| Coordinates: 60°47′58″N 10°13′32″E / 60.799383°N 10.225524°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Oppland |
| District | Land |
| Established | 1 January 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 January 1847 |
| • Succeeded by | Nordre Land Municipality and Søndre Land Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Fluberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1840-1847) | Ole Hannibal Lie |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 1,684 km2 (650 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,580 km2 (610 sq mi) |
| • Water | 104 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,414.39 m (4,640.4 ft) |
| Population (1847) | |
• Total | 9,199 |
| • Density | 5.82/km2 (15.1/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Landing |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0536 |
Land is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1847. The area is now divided between Nordre Land Municipality and Søndre Land Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Fluberg. The municipality encompassed the whole area of the historical district of Land.
Prior to its dissolution in 1847, the 1,684-square-kilometre (650 sq mi) municipality had a population of about 9,199. The municipality's population density was 5.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi).