- Rennebu
Infobox_Kommune
name=Rennebu
idnumber=1635
county=Sør-Trøndelag
landscape=Gauldal
capital=Berkåk
governor=Bjørn Rogstad (H)
governor_as_of=2005
arearank=114
area=948
arealand=925
areapercent=0.29
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=294
population=2,654
populationpercent=0.06
populationdensity=3
populationincrease=-7.6
language=Neutral
lat_deg=62| lat_min=49| lat_sec=51| lon_deg=9| lon_min=52| lon_sec=28
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6967059 |utm_easting=0544548| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.rennebu.kommune.no
Rennebu is a municipality in the county ofSør-Trøndelag , Norway.Rennebu was separated from
Meldal in 1839. The parish ofInnset was transferred fromKvikne (andHedmark county) to Rennebu (andSør-Trøndelag county) January 1, 1966.The administrative centre of the municipality is
Berkåk (by E6).The name
The
Old Norse form of the name was "Rennabú". The first element is, maybe, the plural genitive case of "renna" f 'journey, march; road'. (Two old important roads cross the municipality: One follows the riverOrkla fromTrondheimsfjord toØsterdalen - another, fromGudbrandsdalen andOppdal toGauldalen andTrondheim , crosses the valley at Berkåk.) The last element is "bú" n 'rural district'.Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1982). The figure is meant to represent the old church of Rennebu from 1669 - which is shaped like an Y.
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