Lesja

Lesja Municipality
Lesja kommune
Lesje herred  (historic name)
View of the Lesja area
View of the Lesja area
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Lesja within Innlandet
Lesja within Innlandet
Coordinates: 62°12′38″N 8°38′41″E / 62.21056°N 8.64472°E / 62.21056; 8.64472
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictGudbrandsdal
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreLesja
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Mariann Skotte (Sp)
Area
 • Total2,259.50 km2 (872.40 sq mi)
 • Land2,168.92 km2 (837.42 sq mi)
 • Water90.57 km2 (34.97 sq mi)  4%
 • Rank#25 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,966
 • Rank#282 in Norway
 • Density0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −8.3%
DemonymLesjing[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3432[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Lesja is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lesja. Other villages in the municipality include Bjorli, Lesjaskog, Lesjaverk, and Lora.

Lesja is located in the northwestern edge of Innlandet county. It is bordered in the north by the municipalities of Molde and Sunndal (in Møre og Romsdal county) and Oppdal (in Trøndelag county). It is bordered to the east by the municipality of Dovre; in the south by Vågå and Lom municipalities; in the southwest by the municipality of Skjåk; and to the west by Rauma municipality.

The 2,260-square-kilometre (870 sq mi) municipality is the 25th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lesja is the 282nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,966. The municipality's population density is 0.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 8.3% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2022). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2022). "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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