Lesja Municipality

municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Innlandet
District: Gudbrandsdal
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Lesja
Mayor 2015: Mariann Skotte ( Sp )
Total: 2,259.49 km (872.39 sq mi)
Land: 2,166.52 km (836.50 sq mi)
Water: 92.97 km (35.90 sq mi) 4.1%
Rank: # 25 in Norway
Highest elevation: 2,205.6 m (7,236 ft)
Density: 0.9/km (2.3/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −4.5%
Demonym: Lesjing
Norwegian form: Neutral
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: lesjing
Population: 1966
Area: 1.12
Official website: www.lesja.kommune.no
Image: 63a-2770 Stuguflåtbrua 2004 SRS.jpg
Households: 26

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Commons category: Lesja
inception: 1838-00-00

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Lesja is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lesja. Other villages in the municipality include Bjorli, Lesjaskog, Lesjaverk, and Lora.

The 2,259.49-square-kilometre (872.39 sq mi) municipality is the 25th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Lesja Municipality is the 281st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,006. The municipality's population density is 0.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.5% over the previous 10-year period.