Nordre Land Municipality
Nordre Land Municipality
Nordre Land kommune | |
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View of the village of Dokka in Nordre Land | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Innlandet within Norway | |
Nordre Land within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 60°55′55″N 10°1′2″E / 60.93194°N 10.01722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Land |
| Established | 1847 |
| • Preceded by | Land Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Dokka |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Ola Tore Dokken (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 955.32 km2 (368.85 sq mi) |
| • Land | 920.49 km2 (355.40 sq mi) |
| • Water | 34.83 km2 (13.45 sq mi) 3.6% |
| • Rank | #122 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,414.39 m (4,640.4 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 6,544 |
| • Rank | #151 in Norway |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −2.8% |
| Demonym | Nordrelending |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3448 |
| Website | Official website |
Nordre Land is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dokka. Other villages in the municipality include Vest-Torpa, Nord-Torpa, Aust-Torpa, Fagerlund, and Nordsinni.
The 955.32-square-kilometre (368.85 sq mi) municipality is the 122nd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Nordre Land Municipality is the 151st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,544. The municipality's population density is 6.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.8% over the previous 10-year period.