Østre Gausdal
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Østre Gausdal is a former municipality in Oppland
county, Norway
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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.
On 1 January 1962 the two municipalities were reunited under the name Gausdal. Prior to the merger Østre Gausdal had a population of 3,942.
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
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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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 Østre and Vestre Gausdal
Vestre Gausdal
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....
in 1879. At that time Østre Gausdal had a population of 5,911.
On 1 January 1962 the two municipalities were reunited under the name Gausdal. Prior to the merger Østre Gausdal had a population of 3,942.