Ottestad

Ottestad is a village in Stange Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village centre is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the village of Stangebyen and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the village of Bekkelaget. The whole northern part of Stange, surrounding the village centre, is often referred to as Ottestad as well. Ottestad Church is located in the village.^[2]

Ottestad
Village
View of the local village church
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Coordinates: 60°44′51″N 11°08′12″E / 60.74743°N 11.1366°E / 60.74743; 11.1366
Country	Norway
Region	Eastern Norway
County	Innlandet
District	Hedmarken
Municipality	Stange Municipality
Elevation ^[1]	185 m (607 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	2312 Ottestad

Historically, the families who lived on the Ottestad farm took that farm name as their surname. The name is a protected surname in Norway seeing that fewer than 200 people have it. In 2021, there were 197 people living in Norway with Ottestad as their surname.^[3]

References

1. "Ottestad, Stange". yr.no. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
2. Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (8 June 2020). "Ottestad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
3. "Navnesøk" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Retrieved 26 March 2022.