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Oppdal Municipality

municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Trøndelag
District: Dovre Region
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Oppdal
Mayor 2023: Elisabeth Hals ( V )
Total: 2,274.11 km (878.04 sq mi)
Land: 2,201.39 km (849.96 sq mi)
Water: 72.72 km (28.08 sq mi) 3.2%
Rank: # 24 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,983.27 m (6,506.8 ft)
Density: 3.2/km (8.3/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +8.4%
Demonym: Oppdaling
Norwegian form: Neutral
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Oppdal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Dovre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppdal. Other villages in the municipality include Lønset, Vognillan, Fagerhaugen, and Holan. The Oppdal Airport, Fagerhaug is located in the northeastern part of the municipality.

The 2,274-square-kilometre (878 sq mi) municipality is the 24th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Oppdal Municipality is the 139th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,389. The municipality's population density is 3.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.3/sq mi) and its population has increased by 8.4% over the previous 10-year period.