Some of the more notable villages in the municipality include Fåberg, Hunderfossen, Jørstadmoen, Vingnes, and Vingrom.

The town centre is a late nineteenth-century concentration of wooden houses, which enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen, surrounded by mountains.

On 1 January 1906, a small adjacent area of the neighboring municipality of Fåberg (population: 140) was annexed by Lillehammer to make room for more expansion as the town grew.

[7] The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Hamar farm (Old Norse: Hamarr) since the first Lillehammer Church was built there.

Below the line, the field has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used.

The design symbolizes the historical importance of when the Birkebeiners carried the future King Haakon from Lillehammer to Rena on skis.

The town of Lillehammer is located at the northern end of Norway's largest lake, Mjøsa.

This transport system made the transit of timber and agricultural goods from all over the county to the capital possible, and it contributed to the growth of the town of Lillehammer.

[12] In 1973, Mossad killed a Moroccan waiter, having mistaken him for Palestinian terrorist Ali Hassan Salameh, which became known as the Lillehammer affair.

Lillehammer Upper Secondary School consists of two branches, North and South, both situated near the city center.

The private high school Norwegian College of Elite Sports, NTG, also has a branch in Lillehammer.

The Lillehammer campus of Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences is situated just north of the town itself.

The Nansen Academy is an educational institution for adult students with varied political, religious, and cultural backgrounds.

Lillehammer Municipality is subdivided into the following populated places (i.e.: neighborhoods, quarters, villages, localities, settlements, communities, hamlets, etc.

): The basis for the economy of the municipality is its position as the northernmost point of the lake Mjøsa and as the gateway for the Gudbrandsdal region, through which the historical highway from Oslo to Trondheim passes.