Rendalen
Municipality in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the current municipality in Innlandet, Norway. For the old municipality (1838-1880) in Hedemarkens amt, Norway, see Rendal.
Rendalen is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bergset. Other villages in the municipality include Hanestad, Otnes, Sjølisand, Unset, Åkre, and Åkrestrømmen.[4]
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Rendalen Municipality
Rendalen kommune | |
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Coordinates: 61°51′34″N 11°10′34″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Østerdalen |
Established | 1 Jan 1965 |
• Preceded by | Ytre Rendal and Øvre Rendal |
Administrative centre | Bergset |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Linda Døsen (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,179.51 km2 (1,227.62 sq mi) |
• Land | 3,060.84 km2 (1,181.80 sq mi) |
• Water | 118.67 km2 (45.82 sq mi) 3.7% |
• Rank | #13 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,769 |
• Rank | #295 in Norway |
• Density | 0.6/km2 (2/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −7.4% |
Demonym | Rendøl[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3424[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 3,180-square-kilometre (1,230 sq mi) municipality is the 13th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Rendalen is the 295th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,769. The municipality's population density is 0.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 7.4% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]