Sør-Odal Municipality

municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Innlandet
District: Odalen
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Skarnes
Mayor 2016: Knut Hvithammer ( Ap )
Total: 516.74 km (199.51 sq mi)
Land: 479.04 km (184.96 sq mi)
Water: 37.70 km (14.56 sq mi) 7.3%
Rank: # 206 in Norway
Highest elevation: 528.85 m (1,735.1 ft)
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Sør-Odal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Odalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skarnes. Other villages in Sør-Odal include Disenå, Galterud, and Sander.

The 517-square-kilometre (200 sq mi) municipality is the 206th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Sør-Odal Municipality is the 132nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,150. The municipality's population density is 15.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (41/sq mi) and its population has increased by 3.4% over the previous 10-year period.