Official Name: | Follebu |
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: | Gausdal Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.06 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1160 |
Population Density Km2: | 1095 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2656 Follebu |
Coordinates: | 61.2158°N 10.285°W |
Elevation M: | 257 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Follebu is a village in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Gausa, about to the southeast of the village of Segalstad bru. The town of Lillehammer lies about to the southeast of Follebu.[2]
Follebu Church (Follebu kirke) is located just to the northwest of the village. It was built in a Gothic style of stone and brick between the years 1260 and 1300.[3] [4]
The 1.06km2 village has a population (2021) of 1,160 and a population density of .[5]
The Old Norse form of the name was Foldabu. The first element is probably the genitive pluralis of fold which means "meadow", "plain", or "open and flat land". The last element of the name is bú which means "rural district". The area is quite flat and open, especially when it is compared to the surrounding areas.