Place:Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway

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NameGjøvik
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates60.783°N 10.683°E
Located inOppland, Norway
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Mjøsa Cities
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is a town and a municipality in Innlandet (formerly Oppland) county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Gjøvik.

In 1861, the village of Gjøvik in the municipality of Vardal was granted town status and was separated from Vardal to form a separate municipality. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring rural municipalities of Biri, Snertingdal, and Vardal were all merged into the municipality of Gjøvik.

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