- Founded
- 1838
- Country
- Employees
- 840(October 13, 2026)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- 840(October 13, 2026)
- Website
- oyer.kommune.no
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- oyer.kommune.no
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
92 statements · 60% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Head of government
- Jon Halvor Midtmageli(since 2019) member of political party: Centre Party
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- Mari Botterud(2007–2015)
- Brit Kramprud Lundgård(2015–2019)
- Jon Halvor Midtmageli(since 2019) member of political party: Centre Party
- Population
- 5,130(January 1, 2026)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2026”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,134(January 1, 2025)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2025”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,124(January 1, 2024)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2024”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,161(January 1, 2023)
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Sources- 1.“07459: Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2023”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,082(January 1, 2022)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2022”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,093(January 1, 2021)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2021”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 5,100(January 1, 2020)
- 5,072(January 1, 2016)
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Sources- 1.“Befolkning, 1. januar 2016”ssb.no/befolkning/statistikker/folkemengde/aar-per-1-januar/2016-02-19?fane=tabell&sort=nummer&tabell=256001
- 5,130(January 1, 2026)
- Demonym
- øyværing
2
Sources- 1.sprakradet.no/sprakhjelp/Skriverad/navn-pa-steder-og-personer/Innbyggjarnamn/Retrieved 2018-03-11
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- øyværing
2
Sources- 1.sprakradet.no/sprakhjelp/Skriverad/navn-pa-steder-og-personer/Innbyggjarnamn/Retrieved 2018-03-11
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- øyværing
- Area
- 639.92 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: landmass, island
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- 639.92 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: whole
1
- 152.29 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: open area
1
- 0 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: snow, ice
1
- 18.85 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: lake
1
- 4.82 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: river, arroyo
1
- 135.16 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: bog
1
- 294.89 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: forest
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- 30.5 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: arable land
1
- 1.32 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: urban agglomeration
1
- 0.25 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: industrial zone
1
- 1.84 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: other
1
- 639.9062 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: landmass, island
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 639.9062 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: whole
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: territorial sea
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 150.0559 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: open area
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: snow, ice
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 18.8079 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: lake
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 4.8162 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: river, arroyo
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 135.2755 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: bog
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 294.9473 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: forest
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 30.1487 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: arable land
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 1.312 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: urban agglomeration
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0.2195 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: industrial zone
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 4.3233 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: other
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 639.92 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: landmass, island
- Number of households
- 2,286(2018) applies to part: statistic sum
1
- 1,896(2018) applies to part: single-family detached home
1
- 85(2018) applies to part: semi-detached house
1
- 131(2018) applies to part: terrace house
1
- 87(2018) applies to part: apartment building
1
- 87(2018) applies to part: statistic residue
1
- 2,286(2018) applies to part: statistic sum
- Highest point
- Eldåhøgda elevation: 1,232.08 m
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Sources- 1.kartverket.no/til-lands/fakta-om-norge/hoyeste-fjelltopp-i-kommunenRetrieved 2021-03-12
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- Eldåhøgda elevation: 1,232.08 m
- Significant event
- boundary change(January 1, 2022) gained territory from: Lillehammer
- boundary change(January 1, 1867) gave up territory to: Gausdal
- Official language
- Bokmål
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- Bokmål
- Industry
- general public administration activities
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- general public administration activities
On other databases
21 identifiers linking Øyer across the web's reference databases
- Data Commons IDwikidataId/Q316779
- Freebase ID/m/01863c
- GeoNames ID3142849
- GNS Unique Feature ID-274256
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDoyer
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0473271
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDØyer
- INaturalist place ID40282
- ISNI000000041800021X
- KulturNav-ID8bbcd905-7238-483e-ac7b-1e068a9c1874
- Lokalhistoriewiki.no article IDØyer_kommune
- MusicBrainz area ID43dd434b-6ec9-4f9a-ad5c-00f798e49d9b
- NE.se IDoyer
- Norwegian municipality number0521
- Norwegian organisation number961381185
- OpenStreetMap relation ID412415
- SSR place name number754886
- Who's on First ID1159296701
- WOEID862705
- X (Twitter) usernameoyerkommune
- Yale LUX IDplace/0ce6fb4b-eb5e-431f-921c-f957ad8ed89d