Gran Municipality
municipality in Innlandet, Norway
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Summary
Gran Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 139 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #62 of 360).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Innlandet[3]
- Country: Norway[4]
- Head of government: Randi Eek Thorsen[5]
- Capital: Jaren[6]
- Shares border with: Søndre Land Municipality[7], Vestre Toten Municipality[8], Hurdal Municipality[9], Nannestad[10], Lunner[11], Jevnaker[12], Ringerike[13]
- Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Pärnu City[15], Saarijärvi[16]
- Commons category: Gran, Norway[17]
- Inception: 1838[18]
- Highest point: Lushaugen[19]
- Significant event: boundary change[20]
- Official website: https://www.gran.kommune.no/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gran, Norway[22]
- Population: 13,695[23], 13,630[24], 13,611[25], 13,633[26], 13,568[27], 13,593[28], 13,660[29], 13,689[30]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Gran[31]
- Category for people who died here: Q25861198[32]
- Number of households: 6078[33], 4866[34], 473[35], 294[36], 273[37], 172[38]
- Demonym: granasokning[39], gransokning[40]
- Area: 756 km²[41], 756.6528864558384 km²[42], 0 km²[43], 17.499695317118775 km²[44], 99.90481687378629 km²[45], 0.07922544168393829 km²[46], 29.672141313590185 km²[47], 528.6113017005036 km²[48], 77.14208425011142 km²[49], 3.1637028856802427 km²[50], 0.11166879184668979 km²[51], 0.4682498815172134 km²[52], 756.65 km²[53]
Why It Matters
Gran Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]