Oppland

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the US basketball player, see Dan Oppland .

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Basic data
Country :	Norway
Administrative center :	Lillehammer
Area :	25,192.08 km²
Residents :	189,545 (January 1, 2019)
Population density :	7.4 inhabitants / km²
Municipalities :	26th
ISO 3166-2	NO-05
Fylkesstein :	Soapstone
politics
Fylkesordfører :	Audun Tron (Ap) (2003)
Fylkesmann :	Kristin Hille Valla

Oppland was a province ( Fylke ) in Norway , which bordered the Fylken Trøndelag , Møre og Romsdal , Sogn og Fjordane , Buskerud , Akershus , Oslo and Hedmark . On January 1, 2019, 189,545 people lived here (3.70% of the total population of Norway). The area of ​​the Fylke was 25,192 km² (land area 23,785 km²). The administrative headquarters were in Lillehammer .

Before the reform of 1919, the province was called Kristians amt (after the Danish-Norwegian king Christian VII ) and was divided into the bailiwicks of Hadeland, Nordre Gudbrandsdalen, Søndre Gudbrandsdalen, Toten and Valdres .

On January 1, 2020, Oppland merged with Hedmark to form the new Fylke Innlandet . Only the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner switched to Fylke Viken . The basis for the merger was a resolution of the Storting on June 8, 2017, which provided for a reduction to eleven areas as part of a regional reform .

Oppland extended over the great lakes Mjøsa , Randsfjord and Sperillen into the mountains Jotunheimen and Rondane .

A particular economic factor in the area was tourism in the scenic mountain regions, the Gudbrandsdal , the Valdrestal and the localities. Numerous museums documented the area's cultural identity.

The Begna flows through the Valdres and the Gudbrandsdalslågen through the Gudbrandsdal . Here the Scottish army attacked mainland Norway in 1612. In Oppland were the cities of Lillehammer and Gjøvik and Norway's two highest mountains, Glittertind and Galdhøpiggen .

Municipalities

Residents on January 1, 2019

Dovre (2615) Etnedal (1305) Gausdal (6112) Gjøvik (30,676) Gran (13,642) Jevnaker (6846) North Aurdal (6418) Nordre Land (6671) Lesja (2009)

Lillehammer (28,023) Lom (2293) Lunner (9051) North Fron (5742) Ringebu (4425) Sel (5789) Skjåk (2204) Søndre Land (5623) Sør-Aurdal (2981)

Sør-Fron (3127) Vang (1610) Vestre Slidre (2135) Vestre Dead (13,384) Vågå (3589) Østre dead (14,948) Øyer (5119) Øystre Slidre (3208)

Web links

• Oppland on snl.no in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)

proof

1. ↑ Nye fylker on www.regjeringen.no, accessed on January 1, 2020

Coordinates: 61 ° 24 ′ 36 ″  N , 9 ° 20 ′ 24 ″  E