Vestre Gausdal

Vestre Gausdal is a former municipality in Oppland county, Norway. The administrative centre was Forset.

It was created when Gausdal was split into Vestre and Østre Gausdal in 1879. At that time Vestre Gausdal had a population of 2.362.

On 1 January 1962 the two municipalities were reunited under the name Gausdal. Prior to the merger Vestre Gausdal had a population of 2.590.

References

Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF).

Coordinates: 61°12′N 10°09′E / 61.200°N 10.150°E / 61.200; 10.150

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