Gjøvik
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the municipality in Innlandet, Norway. For the town in Gjøvik municipality, see Gjøvik (town).
Gjøvik (Gjøvikⓘ) is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Gjøvik. Some of the villages in Gjøvik include Biri, Bybrua, and Hunndalen.
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Gjøvik Municipality
Gjøvik kommune | |
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Coordinates: 60°47′33″N 10°41′42″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Vestoppland |
Established | 1 Jan 1861 |
• Preceded by | Vardal Municipality |
Administrative centre | Gjøvik |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Anne Bjertnæs (H) |
Area | |
• Total | 671.12 km2 (259.12 sq mi) |
• Land | 628.91 km2 (242.82 sq mi) |
• Water | 42.21 km2 (16.30 sq mi) 6.3% |
• Rank | #169 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 30,563 |
• Rank | #35 in Norway |
• Density | 48.6/km2 (126/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | +3.9% |
Demonyms | Gjøvikenser Gjøvikensar[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3407[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 671-square-kilometre (259 sq mi) municipality is the 169th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Gjøvik is the 35th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 30,563. The municipality's population density is 48.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (126/sq mi) and its population has increased by 3.9% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]