Oppland

Oppland is a province (county ) in Norway, which is adjacent to the Fylken Sør -Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. Beginning of July 2013, the population was 187,600 inhabitants ( 3.70% of the total population of Norway ). The area of ​​25,190 km ² is Fylke ( land area 23,787 km ²). The administrative headquarters is located in Lillehammer.

Oppland extends across the Great Lakes Mjøsa, Randsfjord and Sperillen in the Jotunheimen and Rondane. A special economic factor in the region is tourism in the scenic mountainous regions, the Gudbrandsdal, the Valdrestal and the villages. Numerous museums document the cultural identity of the area. By Valdres flows the Begna, through the Gudbrandsdal the Gudbrandsdalslågen. Here attacked the Scottish army in 1612, the Norwegian mainland. In Oppland are the towns of Lillehammer and Gjøvik and the two highest mountains in Norway, and Glittertind Galdhøpiggen.

Municipalities

( Inhabitants on 1 January 2006)

• Gausdal ( 6202 )
• Lillehammer ( 25 314 )
• Øyer ( 4854 )
• Dovre ( 2826 )
• Lesya ( 2,172 )
• Lom ( 2455 )
• Skjåk ( 2,376 )
• Lom ( 3766 )
• Nord-Fron ( 5843 )
• Ringebu ( 4566 )
• Sel ( 6,083 )
• Sør -Fron ( 3231 )
• Gran ( 13,066 )

• Jevnaker ( 6312 )
• Lunner ( 8,518 )
• Gjøvik ( 27 819 )
• Sondre Country ( 5977 )
• Vestre Toten ( 12,599 )
• Østre dead ( 14,453 )
• Nordre Land ( 6737 )
• Etnedal ( 1,389 )
• North Aurdal ( 6425 )
• Sør- Aurdal ( 3243 )
• Vestre Slidre ( 2217 )
• Øystre Slidre ( 3,137 )
• Vang ( 1624 )