Oppland
Oppland (help·info) is a coonty in Norawa, borderin Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo an Hedmark. The coonty admeenistration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, thegither wi Hedmark, ane o the anerlie twa landlockit coonties o Norawa.
Oppland fylke | |
|---|---|
 Coat airms | |
 Oppland athin Norawa | |
| Kintra | Norawa |
| Coonty | Oppland |
| Region | Østlandet |
| Coonty ID | NO-05 |
| Offeecial leid form | Neutral |
| Demonym | Opplending |
| Admeenistrative centre | Lillehammer |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Kristin Hille Valla Centre Pairty (2001–present) |
| • Coonty mayor | Audun Tron Labour Pairty (2003–present) |
| Area (#5 in Norawa, 7.82% o Norawa's land aurie) | |
| • Total | 25192 km2 (9,727 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 23787 km2 (9,184 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 183,851 |
| • Density | 8/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Chynge (10 years) | 0.2 % |
| • Rank in Norawa | 12 (4.01% of country) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Income (per caipita) | 133,600 NOK |
| GDP (per caipita) | 193,130 NOK (2001) |
| Naitional Rank: | 13 (2.32% o kintra) |
| Website | www.oppland.no |
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1951 | 160,496 | — |
| 1961 | 166,303 | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 172,479 | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 180,765 | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 182,593 | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 183,419 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 186,087 | +1.5% |
| 2021? | 197,672 | +6.2% |
| 2031? | 208,286 | +5.4% |
| Source: Statistics Norway[1]. | ||
Geography eedit
Oppland extends frae the lakes Mjøsa an Randsfjorden tae the muntains Dovrefjell, Jotunheimen an Rondane. The coonty is conventionally dividit intae traditional destricts. These are Gudbrandsdalen, Valdres, Toten, Hadeland and Land.
Oppland includes the touns Lillehammer, Gjøvik, Otta an Fagernes, an Norawa's twa heichest muntains, Glittertind an Galdhøpiggen.
Several museums an ither attractions are situatit in Oppland an tourism is important tae the economy, Valdres an Gudbrandsdal being popular attractions. The Gudbrandsdal surroonds the river Gudbrandsdalslågen, an includes the veelages Øyer, Dovre an Dombås. Valdres includes the aurie extendin frae Jotunheimen doun tae Bagn at Begna river. It is a weel kent place for skiin an winter sports. The main population centres in this aurie are Beitostølen an Fagernes. Aicht o the ten heichest muntains in Norawa are locatit in the wastren pairt o Oppland.
The name eedit
In Norse times the inner pairts o Norawa wis cried Upplǫnd 'the upper kintras'. The first element is upp 'upper'. The last element is lǫnd, the plural form o 'land'.
In 1757 the inner pairts o the great Akershus amt wur separatit, an gien the name Oplandenes Amt. This wis dividit in 1781 intae Christians Amt (namit efter the keeng Christian VII) an Hedemarkens Amt. The name/form wis chyngit tae Kristians Amt in 1877 (efter an offeecial spellin reform that chyngit ch tae k - see an aw Kristiania, Kristiansand an Kristiansund). In 1919 the name Kristians Amt wis chyngit (back) tae Opland fylke, an the form Oppland wis settled in 1950.
Coat-o-airms eedit
The coat-o-airms is frae modren times (1989). It shows twa Pulsatilla vernalis.
History eedit
In the late Iron Age, Oppland wis a petty kinrick.
Some keengs o Oppland:
- Eystein, faither o Åsa who marriet Halfdan Hvitbeinn (see Ynglinga Saga, paragraph 49)
- Halfdan "the Agit" Sveidasson (c. 750)
- Ivar Halfdansson (c. 770)
- Eystein "Glumra (the Noisy)" Ivarsson, son-in-law o Ragnvald the Muntain-Heich an faither o Ragnvald Eysteinsson (788)
Municipalities eedit
Oppland haes a total o 26 municipalities:
Freemit airtins eedit
Media relatit tae Oppland at Wikimedia Commons
