Holtålen
Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Holtålen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is located in the Ålen area of the village of Renbygda. Other villages in the municipality include Hessdalen, Aunegrenda, and Haltdalen.
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Holtålen Municipality
Holtålen kommune | |
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Coordinates: 62°52′07″N 11°16′38″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Trøndelag |
District | Gauldal |
Established | 1 Jan 1972 |
• Preceded by | Haltdalen and Ålen |
Administrative centre | Renbygda/Ålen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Jan Arild Sivertsgård (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,209.51 km2 (466.99 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,170.55 km2 (451.95 sq mi) |
• Water | 39.03 km2 (15.07 sq mi) 3.2% |
• Rank | #89 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,997 |
• Rank | #279 in Norway |
• Density | 1.7/km2 (4/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −1.6% |
Demonym | Holtåling[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-5026[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 1,209.5-square-kilometre (467.0 sq mi) municipality is the 89th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Holtålen is the 279th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,997. The municipality's population density is 1.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.4/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.6% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]