Stor-Elvdal

Infobox_Kommune
name=Stor-Elvdal
idnumber=0430
county=Hedmark
landscape=Østerdalen
capital=Koppang
governor=Sigmund Vestad (Bygdelista i Stor-Elvdal)
governor_as_of=2005
arearank=25
area=2166
arealand=2125
areapercent=0.67
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=283
population=2,819
populationpercent=0.06
populationdensity=1
populationincrease=-12.7
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=61| lat_min=38| lat_sec=6| lon_deg=10| lon_min=52| lon_sec=27
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6834952 |utm_easting=0599329| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.stor-elvdal.kommune.no

Stor-Elvdal is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway.

The parish of "Store Elvedalen" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Sollia was merged with Stor-Elvdal January 1, 1965.

The name

The Norse form of the name was "Elfardalr". The first element is the genitive case of "elfr" f 'river' (here Glomma), the last element is "dalr" m 'valley, dale'.

The first element Stor- ('big') was later added to distinguish it from "Lille Elvedalen" (see Alvdal). (In the late Middle Ages the two districts was distinguished by "ytre" 'utter' and "øvre" 'upper'.)

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows two two-man saws.

Geography

Stor-Elvdal is bordered on the north by Folldal and Alvdal, on the east by Rendalen, in the south by Åmot and Ringsaker, in the west by Øyer and Ringebu, and in the northwest by Sør-Fron.