Søndre Land Municipality

municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Innlandet
District: Land
Preceded by: Land Municipality
Administrative centre: Hov
Mayor 2019: Anne Hagenborg ( Ap )
Total: 728.35 km (281.22 sq mi)
Land: 659.15 km (254.50 sq mi)
Water: 69.20 km (26.72 sq mi) 9.5%
Rank: # 156 in Norway
Highest elevation: 860.42 m (2,822.9 ft)
Density: 7.7/km (20/sq mi)
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Søndre Land is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hov. Other villages in the municipality include Fluberg and Odnes.

The 728.35-square-kilometre (281.22 sq mi) municipality is the 156th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Søndre Land Municipality is the 172nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,597. The municipality's population density is 7.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (20/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2% over the previous 10-year period.