Sør-Aurdal

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the municipality of Sør-Aurdal
Sør-Aurdal (Norway)
Sør-Aurdal
Sør-Aurdal
Basic data
Commune number : 3449
Province  (county) : Domestic
Administrative headquarters: Bagn
Coordinates : 60 ° 40 ′  N , 9 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 40 ′  N , 9 ° 42 ′  E
Height : 608 moh.
Surface: 1,109.05 km²
Residents: 2,954  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 3 inhabitants per km²
Language form : neutral
Website:
politics
Mayor : Marit Hougsrud  ( Sp ) (2019)
Located in the province of Innlandet
Location of the municipality in the province of Innlandet

The municipality of Sør-Aurdal in Norway has an area of ​​1,109 km² with a north-south extension of 47.3 km and an east-west extension of 42.3 km. With a population of 2954 inhabitants (as of February 27, 2020), the population density is 2.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. The municipality is located in the southwest of the Fylke Innlandet and is administered by the place Bagn. The highest point in the municipality is the Ørneflag with a height of 1,243 meters. Over 20 percent of the landscape rises over 900 meters, the lowest point is in the Begna watercourse at 150 meters. 60 percent of the landscape consists of productive forest.

Sør-Aurdal's coat of arms shows a dragon-style reliquary.

Sights are the Reinli stave church , the Hedalen stave church and below the open-air museum Bautahaugen Samlinger .

The Indologist Sten Konow was born here.

Individual evidence

  1. Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning

Web links

Commons : Sør-Aurdal  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Hedal stave church
View over the Begnadal