Gjøvik Municipality
municipality in Innlandet, Norway
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Summary
Gjøvik Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 357 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #52 of 360).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Innlandet[3]
- Country: Norway[4]
- Head of government: Torvild Sveen[5]
- Capital: Gjøvik[6]
- Shares border with: Lillehammer[7], Østre Toten Municipality[8], Vestre Toten Municipality[9], Søndre Land Municipality[10], Nordre Land Municipality[11], Ringsaker Municipality[12]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Rauma[14], Álftanes[15], Gävle Municipality[16], Stoughton[17], Næstved Municipality[18]
- Commons category: Gjøvik[19]
- Inception: January 1, 1861[20]
- Highest point: Ringsrudåsen[21]
- Significant event: boundary change[22]
- Separated from: Vardal municipality[23]
- Official website: https://www.gjovik.kommune.no/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gjøvik[25]
- Population: 30,137[26], 30,560[27], 30,395[28], 30,267[29], 30,563[30], 30,903[31], 31,175[32], 31,350[33]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Gjøvik[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Gjøvik[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Gjøvik[36]
- Number of households: 14,919[37], 8146[38], 1793[39], 1504[40], 2337[41], 1139[42]
- Demonym: gjøvikenser[43], gjøvikensar[44], gjøviking[45]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Gjøvik[46]
- Area: 672 km²[47], 672.2492878954944 km²[48], 0 km²[49], 25.962782108843193 km²[50], 41.32798613824662 km²[51], 0.8896317948894029 km²[52], 33.98516799717079 km²[53]
Why It Matters
Gjøvik Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]