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	Number of minorities (1st and 2nd gen.) ; in Oppland by country of origin in 2017
Poland	2,421
Lithuania	1,606
Somalia	1,209
Eritrea	1,164
Syria	817
Denmark	743
Iraq	714
Sweden	698
Germany	660
Bosnia-Herzegovina	624
Thailand	574
Afghanistan	560
Netherlands	495
Iran	495
Russia	466
Philippines	376
Vietnam	365
Kosovo	330

Oppland
Oppland
	Oppland mountains
Population (2014)	187,723

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1951	160,496	—
1961	166,303	+3.6%
1971	172,479	+3.7%
1981	180,765	+4.8%
1991	182,593	+1.0%
2001	183,419	+0.5%
2011	186,087	+1.5%
Source: Statistics Norway.^[1]

Religion in Oppland^[2]^[3]
religion			percent
Christianity			89.60%
Islam			0.72%
Buddhism			0.14%
Other			9.54%

Oppland [²ɔplɑn] ^ⓘ is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway.

Innlandet is one of several names proposed for a future administrative region consisting of Hedmark and Oppland.^[4]^[5] The two counties are slated to be re-merged after having been split in 1781 (then called Hedemarkens amt and Kristians amt, respectively). Historically, the region was commonly known as "Opplandene".

Geography

Oppland extends from the lakes Mjøsa and Randsfjorden to the mountains Dovrefjell, Jotunheimen and Rondane. The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. These are the Gudbrandsdalen, Valdres, Toten, Hadeland and Land.

Oppland includes the towns Lillehammer, Gjøvik, Otta, and Fagernes, and Norway's two highest mountains, Glittertind and Galdhøpiggen, Valdres and the Gudbrand Valley being popular attractions. The Gudbrand Valley surrounds the river Gudbrandsdalslågen, and includes the udes the area extending from Jotunheimen down to Bagn at Begna River. It is a well known place for skiing and winter sports. The main population centres in this area are Beitostølen and Fagernes. Eight of the ten highest mountains in Norway are located in the western part of Oppland.

Etymology

In Norse times the inner parts of Norway were called Upplǫnd 'the upper countries'. The first element is upp 'upper'. The last element is lǫnd, the plural form of 'land'.

In 1757 the inner parts of the great Akershus amt were separated, and given the name Oplandenes Amt. This was divided in 1781 into Christians Amt (named after the king Christian VII) and Hedemarkens Amt. The name/form was changed to Kristians Amt in 1877 (after an official spelling reform that changed ch to k - see also Kristiania, Kristiansand and Kristiansund). In 1919 the name Kristians Amt was changed (back) to Opland fylke, and the form Oppland was settled in 1950.