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Lillehammer
Innlandet, Norway · Europe
About Lillehammer
Lillehammer sits on the route: 20 minutes from Segalstad bru.
Lillehammer is in Innlandet, Norway, with about 29,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Segalstad bru, about 18 km away.
Lillehammer (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈlɪ̂lːəˌhɑmːər] ) is a municipality in Innlandet, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. The town of Lillehammer was first created in 1827 as a part of Fåberg parish, and laterRead more
became a municipality that merged with the much bigger Fåberg Municipality in 1964. Some of the more notable villages in the municipality include Fåberg, Hunderfossen, Jørstadmoen and Rudsbygd within the rural area of Fåberg. Vingnes, Saksumdal and Vingrom is located in the western and southern parts. The mountainous parts of the municipality consists of Fåberg Vestfjell, and Fåberg Østfjell, Nordseter.
The 478-square-kilometre (185 sq mi) municipality is the 210th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Lillehammer Municipality is the 39th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 29,011. The municipality's population density is 60.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (157/sq mi) and its population has increased by 6.4% over the previous 10-year period.
The town of Lillehammer is the largest urban centre in the municipality. It lies in the central part of the municipality and it is surrounded by more rural areas. The town centre is a late nineteenth-century concentration of wooden houses, which enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen, surrounded by mountains.
Lillehammer hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics, 2004 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, 2004 European Taekwondo Championships and 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.
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The nearest famous roads are Valdresflye (Fv51), Vindhellavegen and Sognefjellet National Tourist Route.
Where is Lillehammer?
Lillehammer is in Innlandet, Norway, about 18 km from Segalstad bru.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 29,011
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Norway
- Region
- Innlandet
- Timezone
- Europe/Oslo
- Coordinates
- 61.1151, 10.4663
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May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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