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Gran Municipality

municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Innlandet
District: Hadeland
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Jaren
Mayor 2023: Gunn Elisabeth Alm Thoresen ( Ap )
Total: 756.65 km (292.14 sq mi)
Land: 656.68 km (253.55 sq mi)
Water: 99.97 km (38.60 sq mi) 13.2%
Rank: # 148 in Norway
Highest elevation: 812.52 m (2,665.7 ft)
Density: 18.1/km (47/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −0.1%
Demonyms: Gransokning, Granasokning
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Gran is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jaren. Other villages in Gran include Bjoneroa, Brandbu, Egge, Gran, and Ringstad.

The 756.65-square-kilometre (292.14 sq mi) municipality is the 148th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Gran Municipality is the 89th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 13,660. The municipality's population density is 18.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (47/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.1% over the previous 10-year period.