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Oppland

Oppland fylke
County
From the top osf Surtningssua looking south - panoramio.jpg
Coat of arms of Oppland fylke
Coat of arms
Oppland within Norway
Oppland within Norway
Country Norway
County Oppland
Region Østlandet
County ID NO-05
Administrative centre Lillehammer
Government
 • Governor Christl Kvam
  (2015–present)
 • County mayor Even Aleksander Hagen
  (2015–present)
Area
 • Total 25,192 km2 (9,727 sq mi)
 • Land 23,787 km2 (9,184 sq mi)
Area rank #5 in Norway, 7.82% of Norway's land area
Population (2014)
 • Total 187,723
 • Rank 12 (4.01% of country)
 • Density 8/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 0.2 %
Demonym(s) Opplending
Time zone CET (UTC+01)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02)
Official language form Neutral
Income (per capita) 133,600 NOK
GDP (per capita) 193,130 NOK (2001)
GDP national rank 13 (2.32% of country)
Website www.oppland.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Oppland [ˈɔpˈlɑn]  (listen) is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway.

Innlandet is one of several names proposed for a future administrative region consisting of Hedmark and Oppland. The two counties are slated to be re-merged after having been split in 1781 (then called Hedemarkens amt and Kristians amt, respectively). Historically, the region was commonly known as "Opplandene".

Oppland extends from the lakes Mjøsa and Randsfjorden to the mountains Dovrefjell, Jotunheimen and Rondane. The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. These are the Gudbrandsdalen, Valdres, Toten, Hadeland and Land.


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