Official Name: | Fåberg |
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: | Lillehammer Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.52 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 696 |
Population Density Km2: | 1347 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2625 Fåberg |
Coordinates: | 61.1684°N 10.4048°W |
Elevation M: | 155 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Fåberg is a village in Lillehammer Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, along the shore of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river. The town of Lillehammer lies about to the southeast of Fåberg and the village of Jorstadmoen lies about to the southwest of Fåberg. The European route E6 highway and the Dovrebanen railway line both run through the village. The historic Fåberg Church lies a short distance west of the village, on the other side of the river.[2]
The 0.52km2 village has a population (2021) of 696 and a population density of .[3]
From 1838 to 1964, the village of Fåberg was the administrative centre of the old Fåberg Municipality. In 1964, it was merged into Lillehammer Municipality.
The village was named after the nearby Fåberg farm (Norse, Old: Fágaberg) because the first Fåberg Church was built there. The meaning of the first element is unknown. The last element is Norwegian: berg which means "mountain". Prior to 1921, the name was spelled "Faaberg".