Tynset Municipality
Tynset Municipality
Tynset kommune | |
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| Tønset herred (historic name) | |
View of the Tylldalen area | |
Innlandet within Norway | |
Tynset within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 62°16′31″N 10°49′57″E / 62.27528°N 10.83250°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Tynset |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015) | Merete Myhre Moen (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,880.26 km2 (725.97 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,822.46 km2 (703.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 57.80 km2 (22.32 sq mi) 3.1% |
| • Rank | #43 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,653.26 m (5,424.08 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 5,722 |
| • Rank | #168 in Norway |
| • Density | 3/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +2.6% |
| Demonym | Tynseting |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3427 |
| Website | Official website |
Tynset 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 Tynset. Some of the notable villages in Tynset include Fådalen, Fåset, Kvikne, Telneset, Tylldalen, and Yset.
The 1,880-square-kilometre (730 sq mi) municipality is the 43rd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Tynset Municipality is the 168th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,722. The municipality's population density is 3 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi) and its population has increased by 2.6% over the previous 10-year period.