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Eidskog Municipality

municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Innlandet
District: Vinger / Glåmdal
Established: 1 Jan 1864
Preceded by: Vinger Municipality
Administrative centre: Skotterud
Mayor 2015: Kamilla Thue ( Ap )
Total: 640.39 km (247.26 sq mi)
Land: 603.37 km (232.96 sq mi)
Water: 37.02 km (14.29 sq mi) 5.8%
Rank: # 181 in Norway
Highest elevation: 435 m (1,427 ft)
Density: 9.5/km (25/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −3.4%
Demonym: Eidskoging
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Eidskog is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vinger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skotterud. Other villages in the municipality include Magnor, Matrand, and Åbogen.

The 640-square-kilometre (250 sq mi) municipality is the 181st largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Eidskog Municipality is the 162nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,059. The municipality's population density is 9.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (25/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.4% over the previous 10-year period.