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{{short description|Municipality in Innlandet, Norway}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Gausdal
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|other_name             = 
|former_name            = 
|image_skyline          = Ved Aulstad kirke.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the [[Aulstad Church]] area in Gausdal
|idnumber               = 3441
|county                 = Innlandet
|district               = Gudbrandsdal
|capital                = [[Follebu]]
|established            = 1 Jan 1838
|preceded               = none
|disestablished         = 1879
|succeeded              = [[Vestre Gausdal]] and [[Østre Gausdal]]
|established2           = 1 Jan 1962
|preceded2              = [[Vestre Gausdal]] and [[Østre Gausdal]]
|demonym                = Gausdøl
|language               = Neutral
|coatofarms             = 
|flag                   = 
|webpage                = www.gausdal.kommune.no
|mayor                  = Anette Musdalslien
|mayor_party            = [[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]]
|mayor_as_of            = 2023
|area_rank              = 91
|area_total_km2         = 1191.16
|area_land_km2          = 1146.41
|area_water_km2         = 44.74
|area_water_percent     = 3.8
|population_as_of       = 2023
|population_rank        = 157
|population_total       = 6129
|population_density_km2 = 5.3
|population_increase    = -0.2
|coordinates            = {{coord|61|16|36|N|9|55|21|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6793977 | utm_easting = 0549462 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Gausdal''' is a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Innlandet]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Traditional districts of Norway|traditional district]] of [[Gudbrandsdal]]. The [[administrative centre]] of the municipality is the village of Follebu. Other villages in Gausdal include [[Follebu|Segelstad]], [[Forset]], and [[Svingvoll]].

The {{convert|1191|km2|adj=on}} municipality is the 91st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Gausdal is the 157th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,129. The municipality's [[population density]] is {{convert|5.3|PD/km2}} and its population has decreased by 0.2% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |year=2022 |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="ssb area">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |year=2022 |title=09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/09280/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

[[Logging]], [[agriculture|farming]], and [[tourism]] are important industries in the municipality.