Vestre Gausdal
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Vestre Gausdal is a former municipality in Oppland
county, Norway. The administrative centre was Forset
.
It was created when Gausdal
was split into Vestre and Østre Gausdal
in 1879. At that time Vestre Gausdal had a population of 2.362.
On 1 January 1962 the two municipalities were reunited under the name Gausdal. Prior to the merger Vestre Gausdal had a population of 2.590.
Oppland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....
county, Norway. The administrative centre was Forset
Forset
Forset is a village in the municipality of Gausdal, Norway. Its population is 637.Located by the river Gausa a few kilometres west of Follebu and Segalstad bru, Forset was the administrative centre of the former municipality Vestre Gausdal, now a part of Gausdal....
.
It was created when Gausdal
Gausdal
Gausdal is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Segalstad bru...
was split into Vestre and Østre Gausdal
Østre Gausdal
Østre Gausdal is a former municipality in Oppland county, Norway.It was created when Gausdal was split into Østre and Vestre Gausdal in 1879. At that time Østre Gausdal had a population of 5,911....
in 1879. At that time Vestre Gausdal had a population of 2.362.
On 1 January 1962 the two municipalities were reunited under the name Gausdal. Prior to the merger Vestre Gausdal had a population of 2.590.