Aurdal is a village in
Nord-Aurdal Municipality in
Innlandet
Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The n ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located along the
European route E16 highway about to the northwest of the village of
Bagn (in
Sør-Aurdal
Sør-Aurdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bagn. Other villages in the municipality include Begna, Hedalen, ...
) and about to the southeast of the town of
Fagernes
is a town in Nord-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the largest urban/commercial centre for the Valdres region. It is located just northwest of the village o ...
and the village of
Leira. The river
Begna flows past Aurdal, just south of the village.
Aurdal Church is located in the village.
The village has a population (2021) of 658 and a
population density
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of .
References
Nord-Aurdal
Villages in Innlandet
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