Engerdal

Infobox_Kommune
name=Engerdal
idnumber=0434
county=Hedmark
landscape=Østerdalen
capital=Engerdal
governor=Reidar Åsgård (Ap)
governor_as_of=2007
arearank=24
area=2197
arealand=1916
areapercent=0.68
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=368
population=1,503
populationpercent=0.03
populationdensity=1
populationincrease=-17.1
demonym=Engerdøl
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=61| lat_min=56| lat_sec=11| lon_deg=5| lon_min=56| lon_sec=43
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6870886 |utm_easting=0339712| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.engerdal.kommune.no

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

Engerdal was created as a new municipality January 1, 1911 - from parts of Tolga, Trysil, Ytre Rendal and Øvre Rendal.

The municipality is bordered by Sweden to the east, Trysil to the south, Rendalen to the west, and Os and Tolga to the north.

The greater part of Lake Femunden and roughly half of the Femundsmarka National Park also lie within the boundaries of the municipality.

The residents live widely spread out.

The name

The first element is the rivername Engera, the last element is "dal" m 'valley, dale'. The rivername is derivated from the name of the lake Engeren, and this is probably derivated from the Norse word "ongr" 'narrow'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1991). It shows a hame.

External links

* [http://english.dirnat.no/wbch3.exe?p=3039 | Information about Femundsmarka National Park (in English)]
* [http://www.dirnat.no/wbch3.exe?p=3023 | Information about Femundsmarka National Park (in Norwegian)]