Dovre (village) explained

Official Name:Dovre
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Innlandet#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Eastern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Innlandet
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Gudbrandsdalen
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Dovre Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Area Total Km2:1.12
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:416
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:2662 Dovre
Coordinates:61.9875°N 9.2556°W
Elevation M:483
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Dovre is the administrative centre of Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Gudbrandsdalslågen river in the upper Gudbrandsdal valley about southeast of the village of Dombås and about northwest of the town of Otta. Both the European route E6 highway and Dovrebanen railway line both pass through the village. Dovre Church is located in the village.

The 1.12km2 village had a population (2012) of 416 and a population density of . Since 2012, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dovre, Dovre. yr.no. 2022-04-16.
  2. Web site: Statistisk sentralbyrå . Statistics Norway . 2022-04-03 . 04859: Area and population of urban settlements (US) 2000 - 2021 .