Vestre Toten Municipality

municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Innlandet
District: Toten
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Raufoss
Mayor 2023: Tonje Bergum Jahr ( Ap )
Total: 250.7 km (96.8 sq mi)
Land: 232.53 km (89.78 sq mi)
Water: 18.17 km (7.02 sq mi) 7.2%
Rank: # 288 in Norway
Highest elevation: 722.66 m (2,370.9 ft)
Density

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Vestre Toten is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Raufoss. Other villages in the municipality include Bøverbru, Eina, and Reinsvoll.

The 250.7-square-kilometre (96.8 sq mi) municipality is the 288th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vestre Toten Municipality is the 90th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 13,649. The municipality's population density is 54.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (141/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.7% over the previous 10-year period.