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Land is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 1,684-square-kilometre (650 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1847. The area is now divided between Nordre Land Municipality and Søndre Land Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Fluberg. The municipality encompassed the whole area of the historical district of Land.[2]

Land herred
Former municipality
View of the north end of the Randsfjorden
Land within Oppland
Coordinates: 60°47′58″N 10°13′32″E
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictLand
Established1 Jan 1838
  Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1847
  Succeeded byNordre Land and Søndre Land
Administrative centreFluberg
Area
 (upon dissolution)
  Total1,684 km2 (650 sq mi)
  Land1,580 km2 (610 sq mi)
  Water104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population
 (1847)
  Total9,199
  Density5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
DemonymLanding[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0536

History


The municipality of Land was established on 1 January 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt law). The municipality was not long-lived. In 1847, the municipality was divided into the two municipalities of Nordre Land (population: 4,595) and Søndre Land (population: 4,604).[3]


Name


The municipality was named after the historical district of Land which was once a petty kingdom of its own. The Old Norse form of the name was Land which means "land".[4]


See also



References


  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (15 February 2021). "Land (landskap i Innlandet)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (Anden halvdel) (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 179 & 196.




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