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Vang

municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Innlandet
District: Valdres
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Vang i Valdres
Mayor 2023: Jørand Ødegård Lunde ( BL )
Total: 1,504.84 km (581.02 sq mi)
Land: 1,309.45 km (505.58 sq mi)
Water: 195.39 km (75.44 sq mi) 13%
Rank: # 55 in Norway
Highest elevation: 2,208.09 m (7,244.4 ft)
Density: 1.1/km (2.8/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +2.7%
Demonym: Vangsgjelding
Norwegian form: Nynorsk
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Vang is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vang i Valdres. Other villages in Vang include Hensgardane, Nystuen, Øye, Ryfoss, and Tyinkrysset.

The 1,504.84-square-kilometre (581.02 sq mi) municipality is the 55th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vang Municipality is the 299th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,648. The municipality's population density is 1.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.8/sq mi) and its population has increased by 2.7% over the previous 10-year period.