Vestre Toten
Vestre Toten Municipality
Vestre Toten kommune | |
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View of the village of Eina | |
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Innlandet within Norway | |
Vestre Toten within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 60°39′10″N 10°35′46″E / 60.65278°N 10.59611°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Toten |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Raufoss |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Tonje Bergum Jahr (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 250.65 km2 (96.78 sq mi) |
| • Land | 232.48 km2 (89.76 sq mi) |
| • Water | 18.17 km2 (7.02 sq mi) 7.2% |
| • Rank | #287 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 13,635 |
| • Rank | #88 in Norway |
| • Density | 58.7/km2 (152/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +4.9% |
| Demonym | Vestretotning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3443 |
| Website | Official website |
Vestre Toten is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Raufoss. Other villages in the municipality include Bøverbru, Eina, and Reinsvoll.
The 251-square-kilometre (97 sq mi) municipality is the 287th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vestre Toten is the 88th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 13,635. The municipality's population density is 58.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (152/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.9% over the previous 10-year period.