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Vestoppland is a traditional district in Innlandet , Norway .

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3-532: The name, Western Uplands, stems from a time when the district was the western part of the Uplands . It now consists of the districts Land , Hadeland , Toten and Gjøvik (which itself consists of Gjøvik city and Tverrdalene). Vestoppland Police District consists of the district Vestoppland in addition to Valdres . 61°00′56″N 9°27′31″E  /  61.015553°N 9.458599°E  / 61.015553; 9.458599 This Innlandet location article

6-470: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Uplands, Norway The Uplands ( Old Norse : Upplǫnd , Norwegian : Opplanda ), is an ancient name for the agricultural lands and forest regions to the north of Oslo in Norway . The term generally included the districts Romerike , Ringerike , Hedmarken , Toten , Hadeland and Land . To the north, these lands branched out through valleys to

9-607: The districts Gudbrandsdalen , and Østerdalen , which often were counted as part of the Uplands as well. It has also been implied that the districts Hallingdal , Numedal , Valdres , and Telemark were also included. Innlandet was one of several names proposed for a future administrative region consisting of Hedmark and Oppland. The two counties were re-merged in January 2020 after having been split in 1781 (then called Hedemarkens amt and Kristians amt , respectively). In

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