Forset is a village in
Gausdal Municipality in
Innlandet
Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken ( ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located along the river Jøra, about west of the villages of
Follebu and
Segalstad bru. Forset was the administrative centre of the former municipality of
Vestre Gausdal
Vestre Gausdal is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1879 until its dissolution in 1962. The area is now part of Gausdal Municipality. The administrativ ...
, which existed until 1962 when it became a part of Gausdal Municipality.
Vestre Gausdal Church is located in the village.
The village has a population (2021) of 584 and a
population density
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of .
References
Gausdal
Villages in Innlandet
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