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Våler Municipality

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municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Key facts

Country
Norway
County
Innlandet
District
Solør
Preceded by
Åsnes og Våler Municipality
Administrative centre
Våler
Mayor 2023
Harry Vinje ( H )
Total
705.28 km (272.31 sq mi)
Land
677.71 km (261.67 sq mi)
Water
27.57 km (10.64 sq mi) 3.9%
Rank
# 164 in Norway
Highest elevation
705.51 m (2,314.7 ft)
Density
5/km (13/sq mi)
Change 10 years
−6.1%
Demonyms
Vålsokning, Vålersokning
Norwegian form
Bokmål
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code
NO-3419

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Våler kommune - Forside

vaaler-he.kommune.no

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Encyclopedic overview

Våler is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Våler. Other villages in Våler include Braskereidfoss, Gravberget, and Risberget.

The 705-square-kilometre (272 sq mi) municipality is the 164th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Våler Municipality is the 214th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,559. The municipality's population density is 5 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 6.1% over the previous 10-year period.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Våler Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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