Vestre Slidre Municipality
Vestre Slidre Municipality
Vestre Slidre kommune | |
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Innlandet within Norway | |
Vestre Slidre within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 61°3′38″N 8°55′2″E / 61.06056°N 8.91722°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Valdres |
| Established | 1 Jan 1849 |
| • Preceded by | Slidre Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Slidre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Haldor Ødegård (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 457.11 km2 (176.49 sq mi) |
| • Land | 415.17 km2 (160.30 sq mi) |
| • Water | 41.94 km2 (16.19 sq mi) 9.2% |
| • Rank | #219 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,646.05 m (5,400.4 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 2,142 |
| • Rank | #275 in Norway |
| • Density | 4.7/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −3.4% |
| Demonym | Vestreslidring |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3452 |
| Website | Official website |
Vestre Slidre is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Slidre. Other villages in the municipality include Lomen and Røn.
The 457-square-kilometre (176 sq mi) municipality is the 219th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vestre Slidre Municipality is the 275th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,142. The municipality's population density is 4.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.4% over the previous 10-year period.