Vestre Slidre Municipality

municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Innlandet
District: Valdres
Established: 1 Jan 1849
Preceded by: Slidre Municipality
Administrative centre: Slidre
Mayor 2019: Haldor Ødegård ( Sp )
Total: 457.11 km (176.49 sq mi)
Land: 415.17 km (160.30 sq mi)
Water: 41.94 km (16.19 sq mi) 9.2%
Rank: # 219 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,646.05 m (5,400.4 ft)
Density

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Vestre Slidre 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 Slidre. Other villages in the municipality include Lomen and Røn.

The 457-square-kilometre (176 sq mi) municipality is the 219th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vestre Slidre Municipality is the 275th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,142. The municipality's population density is 4.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (12/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.4% over the previous 10-year period.