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Stange Municipality

municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Innlandet
District: Hedmarken
Established: 1 January 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Stangebyen
Mayor 2022: Bjarne Christiansen ( Ap )
Total: 724.27 km (279.64 sq mi)
Land: 640.99 km (247.49 sq mi)
Water: 83.28 km (32.15 sq mi) 11.5%
Rank: # 157 in Norway
Highest elevation: 642.63 m (2,108.4 ft)
Density: 29.9/km (77/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +9.5%
Demonym: Stangesokning
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Stange is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen. Other villages include Bekkelaget, Espa, Bottenfjellet, Ilseng, Ottestad, Sandvika, Sinnerud, Starhellinga, Tangen, and Romedal.

The 724-square-kilometre (280 sq mi) municipality is the 157th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Stange Municipality is the 60th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,691. The municipality's population density is 29.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (76/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.5% over the previous 10-year period.