Lesja, Gudbrandsdal, Innlandet County, Norway


🇳🇴 Lesja is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is village of Lesja. Other villages in the municipality include Bjorli, Lesjaskog, Lesjaverk, and Lora.

Lesja is located in the north-western edge of Innlandet county. It is bordered in the north by the municipalities of Molde and Sunndal (in Møre og Romsdal county) and Oppdal (in Trøndelag county). It is bordered to the east by the municipality of Dovre; in the south by Vågå and Lom municipalities; in the south-west by the municipality of Skjåk; and to the west by Rauma municipality.

The 2,260-square-kilometre (870 sq mi) municipality is the 25th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lesja is the 282nd most populous municipality in Norway.

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Lesja has a population of over 1,980 people. Lesja also forms part of the wider Gudbrandsdal district which has a population of over 71,038 people. It is also a part of the larger Innlandet county.

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