Tolga Municipality
Tolga Municipality
Tolga kommune | |
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| Tolgen herred (historic name) | |
Innlandet within Norway | |
Tolga within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 62°24′5″N 11°1′20″E / 62.40139°N 11.02222°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1966 |
| • Succeeded by | Tolga-Os Municipality |
| Re-established | 1 Jan 1976 |
| • Preceded by | Tolga-Os Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Tolga |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Bjørnar Tollan Jordet (SV) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,122.56 km2 (433.42 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,097.24 km2 (423.65 sq mi) |
| • Water | 25.32 km2 (9.78 sq mi) 2.3% |
| • Rank | #99 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,604.79 m (5,265.06 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,606 |
| • Rank | #301 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.4/km2 (4/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −3.3% |
| Demonym | Tolging |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3426 |
| Website | Official website |
Tolga is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tolga. Other villages in the municipality include Hodalen, Øversjødalen, and Vingelen.
The 1,123-square-kilometre (434 sq mi) municipality is the 99th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Tolga Municipality is the 301st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,606. The municipality's population density is 1.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.3% over the previous 10-year period.