Elverum Municipality
Elverum Municipality
Elverum kommune | |
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Ludgaardsvegen at Elverum square, 2022 | |
Elverum within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 60°55′39″N 11°42′55″E / 60.92750°N 11.71528°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Elverum |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Lillian Skjærvik (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,229.27 km2 (474.62 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,209.14 km2 (466.85 sq mi) |
| • Water | 20.13 km2 (7.77 sq mi) 1.6% |
| • Rank | #87 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 807.81 m (2,650.30 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 21,899 |
| • Rank | #58 in Norway |
| • Density | 17.8/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +5.8% |
| Demonyms | Elverumsing Elverumsokning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3420 |
| Website | Official website |
Elverum (Norwegian: [ˈɛlvərɵm] ⓘ) is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum. Other settlements in the municipality include the villages of Heradsbygd, Sørskogbygda, and Neverlia. Elverum lies at an important crossroads, with the town of Hamar to the west, the town of Kongsvinger to the south, and village of Innbygda and the Swedish border to the northeast.
The 1,229-square-kilometre (475 sq mi) municipality is the 87th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Elverum Municipality is the 58th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,899. The municipality's population density is 17.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (46/sq mi) and its population has increased by 5.8% over the previous 10-year period.