Greater Oslo Region

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Greater Oslo Region
Oslo-regionen
Urban area
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Skyline of Oslo
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The Oslo region's levels - Oslo city, inner ring, middle ring and outer municipalities
CountryFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Largest city Oslo
Area
  Metro
8,894 km2 (3,434 sq mi)
Population
[1]
   Metro
1,546,706
  Metro density174/km2 (450/sq mi)
GDP
[2]
  Total€64.538 billion (2020)

Greater Oslo Region ("Stor-Oslo-regionen" in Norwegian) is a statistical metropolitan region [3] surrounding the Norwegian capital of Oslo, with a total number of inhabitants of 1,546,706 as of 1 January 2023. [4]

Contents

The region includes the city proper of Oslo (population: 709,037), Akershus and Østfold county, parts of the county of Buskerud, as well as Holmestrand Municipality in the county of Vestfold. [4]

There is also another definition of the Greater Oslo Region, which excludes the Moss and Drammen regions. This definition has 34 municipalities and had a population of 1,323,244 on 1 January 2015.

Economy

In 2020 Oslo gross metropolitan product was €64.5 billion. [5]

Statistics

KommuneInhabitants 2010Inhabitants 2011Inhabitants 1. January 2023RegionCounty
Oslo586 860599 230709 037OsloOsloGreater Oslo
Lillestrøm73 33074 86991 515Inner sector northViken
Lørenskog32 73033 30846 797
Nittedal20 93921 16525 440
Rælingen15 59115 92019 618
Enebakk10 17610 26211 392Inner sector south
Nesodden17 34817 51520 322
Nordre Follo52 90557 68662 245
Bærum111 213112 789129 874Inner sector west
Aurskog-Høland14 98215 31017 945Outer sector north
Eidsvoll20 68921 12827 338
Gjerdrum5 8215 9907 285
Hurdal2 6172 6192 944
Lunner8 6008 6549 307
Nannestad10 92711 12815 530
Nes18 82719 04924 283
Ullensaker29 08830 08142 866
Asker82 56292 17497 784Outer sector west
Frogn14 62214 81416 106Outer sector south
Indre Østfold40 68641 10846 382
Marker3 4713 4763 639
Skiptvet3 5413 5763 886
Vestby14 37314 70819 089
Ås16 38616 73321 350
Moss44 32344 69151 240Moss region
Råde6 8826 9468 317
Våler4 4724 5736 023
Drammen91 71992 993103 291Drammen region
Lier23 26723 58028 167
Øvre Eiker16 61616 98720 495
Holmestrand21 43221 75426 206Vestfold and Telemark
Total1 416 9951 442 3181 546 706

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  2. "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
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  5. "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions".

Sources

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See also

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