Våler, Innlandet
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Våler is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Våler. Other villages in Våler include Braskereidfoss, Gravberget, and Risberget.
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Våler Municipality
Våler kommune Våler i Solør | |
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Vaaler herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 60°45′12″N 11°53′51″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Solør |
Established | 1854 |
• Preceded by | Åsnes og Våler |
Administrative centre | Våler |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Ola Cato Lie (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 705.29 km2 (272.31 sq mi) |
• Land | 677.70 km2 (261.66 sq mi) |
• Water | 27.58 km2 (10.65 sq mi) 3.9% |
• Rank | #164 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 3,625 |
• Rank | #213 in Norway |
• Density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −5.3% |
Demonyms | Vålsokning Vålersokning[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3419[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 705-square-kilometre (272 sq mi) municipality is the 164th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Våler is the 213th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,625. The municipality's population density is 5.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5.3% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]