Rendal

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Rendal herred
Former municipality
Official logo of Rendal herred
Hedmark within
Norway
Rendal within Hedmark
Rendal within Hedmark
Coordinates: 61°53′29″N 11°04′44″E / 61.89139°N 11.07889°E / 61.89139; 11.07889Coordinates: 61°53′29″N 11°04′44″E / 61.89139°N 11.07889°E / 61.89139; 11.07889
CountryNorway
CountyHedmark
DistrictØsterdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
Disestablished1 Jan 1880
Administrative centreBergset
Area
 • Total4,201 km2 (1,622 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1880)
 • Total3,529
 • Density0.84/km2 (2.2/sq mi)
Demonym(s)rendøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0432
Created asFormannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Succeeded byYtre Rendal and Øvre Rendal in 1880
Data from Statistics Norway

Rendal is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 4,201-square-kilometre (1,622 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1880 when it was divided into Ytre Rendal and Øvre Rendal. The administrative centre was the village of Bergset where Øvre Rendal Church is located.[2]

History[]

The parish of Rendal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). This municipality was quite large, spanning 4,201 square kilometres (1,622 sq mi) from the Østerdalen valley to the border with Sweden. During the 1870s, discussions began on dividing the large municipality. On 1 January 1880, the municipality of Rendal was split in two to create the municipalities of Øvre Rendal (population: 1,868) and Ytre Rendal (population: 1,661). Later, in 1965, a new Rendalen Municipality was established, but it did not have the same boundaries as the old Rendal municipality.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (22 January 2022). "Øvre Rendal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

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