Rendalen

Infobox_Kommune
name=Rendalen
idnumber=0432
county=Hedmark
landscape=Østerdalen
capital=Bergset
governor=Norvald Illevold (Ap)
governor_as_of=2007
arearank=11
area=3180
arealand=3061
areapercent=0.98
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=332
population=2,146
populationpercent=0.05
populationdensity=1
populationincrease=-11.8
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=61| lat_min=51| lat_sec=34| lon_deg=11| lon_min=10| lon_sec=34
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6860441 |utm_easting=0614494| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.rendalen.kommune.no

Rendalen is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway.

Rendalen was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Rendalen was divided in Ytre Rendal and Øvre Rendal in the period 1880-1965.

The name

The Norse form of the name was "Reindalr". The first element is the rivername "Rein" (now Rena), the last element is "dalr" m 'valley, dalr'. The meaning of the rivername is unknown. (Maybe the same meaning as the German rivername Rhine.)

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1989). It shows the heads of two reindeers.

(See also the coat-of-arms of Eidfjord, Porsanger, Tromsø, Vadsø and Vågå.)

Geography

Rendalen is bordered on the northwest by Alvdal and Tynset, in the north by Tolga, in the east by Engerdal, in the south by Trysil and Åmot, and in the west by Stor-Elvdal.

Rendalen municipality encompasses most of the Rendalen valley, a side valley of the Østerdalen. In addition the municipality encompasses the northern part of Storsjøen, a mountainous area in the east of Rendalen and a small part of Østerdalen itself.

The municipality, at 3,180 km², is the largest in southern Norway.

The highest mountain is Sølen (Midtre) at convert|1755|m|ft|0|abbr=on

History

The municipality was created as Rendal formannskapsdistrikt i 1837. In 1880 Rendal had a population of 3 529.

The same year Rendal was split in two, to create the municipalities of Ytre- and Øvre Rendal. The two were reunited on January 1 1965 and took the name Rendalen.

Economy

The primary occupations are in farming and lumbering, but tourism is also important. The Renåfjellet mountain area provides for excellent alpine hiking.

Notables

*Jacob Breda Bull, writer
*Kjell Borgen, politician, former Minister of Transport and Communications.
*Guren Hagen, musician