Sel Municipality
municipality in Innlandet, Norway
Sel is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Otta. The municipality also includes several notable villages including Bjølstadmo, Dale, Høvringen, Nord-Sel, Sandbumoen, Sjoa, and Skogbygda.
The 905-square-kilometre (349 sq mi) municipality is the 130th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Sel Municipality is the 171st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,623. The municipality's population density is 6.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (16/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.6% over the previous 10-year period.
General information
The new municipality of Sel was established on 1 January 1908 when the large Vaage Municipality was divided into three separate municipalities:
the northeastern part became the new Sel Municipality (population: 2,287)
the southeastern part became the new Heidal Municipality (population: 1,241)
the western part continued as Vaage Municipality (population: 2,953)
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the following areas were merged to form a new, larger Sel Municipality:
Heidal Municipality (population: 1,731)
Sel Municipality (population: 3,687)
the Tolstadåsen area of Vågå Municipality (population: 35)
the Sjoa area of Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 413)
Historically, this municipality was part of the old Oppland county. On 1 January 2020, the municipality became a part of the newly-formed Innlandet county (after Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged).
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