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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 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- vangsgjelding
- Population
- 1666
- Area
- 0.53
- Official website
- www.vang.kommune.no
- Image
- Oye stave church.jpg
- Households
- 37
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- Vang i Valdres
- inception
- 1838-01-01
- P8168
- Lajos Csőgör
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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.