Ringebu

Ringebu Municipality
Ringebu kommune
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Ringebu within Innlandet
Ringebu within Innlandet
Coordinates: 61°32′8″N 10°18′29″E / 61.53556°N 10.30806°E / 61.53556; 10.30806
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictGudbrandsdal
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreVålebru
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Arne Fossmo (Ap)
Area
 • Total
1,247.58 km2 (481.69 sq mi)
 • Land1,221.33 km2 (471.56 sq mi)
 • Water26.25 km2 (10.14 sq mi)  2.1%
 • Rank#85 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
4,416
 • Rank#195 in Norway
 • Density3.6/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −1.8%
DemonymRingbygging[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3439[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

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 Vålebru (the village is also known as Ringebu).

The 1,248-square-kilometre (482 sq mi) municipality is the 85th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Ringebu is the 195th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,416. The municipality's population density is 3.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.8% 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 (2021). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2021). "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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