Hamar

Hamar
City
mid-June 2009 aerial photograph of Hamar
Seal Hedmark within Norway
Hamar within Hedmark
Coordinates: 60°47′57″N 11°3′22″E / 60.79917°N 11.05611°E / 60.79917; 11.05611Coordinates: 60°47′57″N 11°3′22″E / 60.79917°N 11.05611°E / 60.79917; 11.05611
Country	Norway
County	Hedmark
Municipality ID	NO-0403
Administrative centre	Hamar
Government
• Mayor (2015)	Einar Busterud
Area(Nr. 257 in Norway)
• Total	350.94 km2 (135.50 sq mi)
• Land	338 km2 (131 sq mi)
Elevation	134 m (440 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	29,931
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	4.3%
• Rank in Norway	30
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2300 to 2319
Area code(s)	(+47) 62
Official language form	Neutral
Demonym	Hamarenser/Hamarensar Hamarsing
Climate	Dfc
Website	www.hamar.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Hamar kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Hamar within Hedmark
Country	Norway
County	Hedmark
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0403
Data from Statistics Norway

Hamar [ˈhɑːˈmɑr]  (listen) is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849. Vang was merged back into Hamar on 1 January 1992.

The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake, and is the principal city of Hedmark county. It is bordered to the northwest by the municipality of Ringsaker, to the north by Åmot, to the east by Løten, and to the south by Stange.

The municipality (originally the town) is named after the old Hamar farm (Old Norse: Hamarr), since the medieval town was built on its ground. The name is identical with the word hamarr which means "rocky hill".

The coat-of-arms shows a Black Grouse sitting in the top of a pine tree on a white background. It was first described in the anonymous Hamarkrøniken (The Hamar Chronicle) written in 1553.