Løten
Løten Municipality
Løten kommune | |
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| Løiten herred (historic name) | |
View of the village of Løten | |
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Innlandet within Norway | |
Løten within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 60°49′31″N 11°23′27″E / 60.82528°N 11.39083°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Hedmarken |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Løten |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Marte Larsen Tønseth (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 369.44 km2 (142.64 sq mi) |
| • Land | 362.29 km2 (139.88 sq mi) |
| • Water | 7.15 km2 (2.76 sq mi) 1.9% |
| • Rank | #246 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 7,836 |
| • Rank | #133 in Norway |
| • Density | 21.6/km2 (56/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +4.8% |
| Demonym | Løtensokning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3412 |
| Website | Official website |
Løten is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Løten. Other villages in the municipality include Ådalsbruk, Heimdal, and Brenneriroa.
The 369-square-kilometre (142 sq mi) municipality is the 246th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Løten is the 133rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,836. The municipality's population density is 21.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (56/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.8% over the previous 10-year period.