Øvre Rendal
Øvre Rendal is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 1,829-square-kilometre (706 sq mi) municipality existed from 1880 until its dissolution in 1965 when it was merged with the neighboring municipality of Ytre Rendal to form the new Rendalen Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Bergset where Øvre Rendal Church is located.
Øvre Rendal Municipality
Øvre Rendal herred | |
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| Øvre Rendalen herred (historic name) | |
View of Øvre Rendal (1924) | |
Hedmark within Norway | |
Øvre Rendal within Hedmark | |
| Coordinates: 61°53′29″N 11°04′44″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hedmark |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1880 |
| • Preceded by | Rendal Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Rendalen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Bergset |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 1,829 km2 (706 sq mi) |
| Population (1965) | |
| • Total | 1,629 |
| • Density | 0.89/km2 (2.3/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Rendøl |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0433 |
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