Lesja
Lesja is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.
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 Flag  Coat of arms  Innlandet within Norway | |
 Lesja within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 62°12′38″N 8°38′41″E / 62.21056°N 8.64472°ECoordinates: 62°12′38″N 8°38′41″E / 62.21056°N 8.64472°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Gudbrandsdal |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| Administrative centre | Lesja |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Mariann Skotte (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,259.50 km2 (872.40 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,168.92 km2 (837.42 sq mi) |
| • Water | 90.57 km2 (34.97 sq mi) 4% |
| • Rank | 25 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 1,966 |
| • Rank | 282 in Norway |
| • Density | 0.9/km2 (2/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | -8.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3432 |
| Official language form | Neutral[2] |
| Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 |
Lesja Media
The Lesja Ironwork, Norway, main building as it would have looked around 1752. The illustration by Professor Johan Meyer dates from 1910.
Christen Henriksen Pram, 1886
Tora Berger at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
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