Rendalen Explained

Rendalen
Idnumber:3424
County:Innlandet
District:Østerdalen
Capital:Bergset
Established:1 Jan 1965
Preceded:Ytre Rendal and
Øvre Rendal
Demonym:Rendøl
Language:Bokmål
Coatofarms:Rendalen komm.svg
Webpage:www.rendalen.kommune.no
Mayor:Linda Døsen
Mayor Party:Ap
Mayor As Of:2019
Area Rank:13
Area Total Km2:3179.51
Area Land Km2:3060.84
Area Water Km2:118.67
Area Water Percent:3.7
Population As Of:2023
Population Rank:295
Population Total:1769
Population Density Km2:0.6
Population Increase:-7.4
Coordinates:61.8594°N 11.1761°W
Utm Zone:32V
Utm Northing:6860441
Utm Easting:0614494
Geo Cat:adm2nd

Rendalen is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bergset. Other villages in the municipality include Hanestad, Otnes, Sjølisand, Unset, Åkre, and Åkrestrømmen.[1]

The 3180km2 municipality is the 13th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Rendalen is the 295th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,769. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 7.4% over the previous 10-year period.[2] [3]

General information

The municipality of Rendalen was established on 1 January 1965 when the old Ytre Rendal Municipality (population: 1,913) and Øvre Rendal Municipality (population: 1,629) were merged. On 1 January 1984, the unpopulated Spekedalen valley was transferred from Tynset Municipality to Rendalen.[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Rendalen valley (Norse, Old: Reindalr) which is located in the municipality. The first element is which means "reindeer". The last element is which means "valley" or "dale". The river Rena runs through the valley and it is not known if the valley was named after the river or if the river was named after the valley. A nearby mountain Renafjellet also has a similar name.[5]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 2 June 1989. The official blazon is "Azure, two reindeer heads argent in pale" (Norwegian: I blått to sølv reinsdyrhoder, 1-1). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is two reindeer heads. The charge has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The design symbolizes the importance of reindeer farming in the community. The arms are a canting since the name Rendalen is derived from the word for reindeer. There are two heads to represent Øvre Rendal Municipality and Ytre Rendal Municipality which were merged in 1965 to form this municipality. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Churches

The Church of Norway has four parishes (Norwegian: sokn) within the municipality of Rendalen. It is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

Churches in Rendalen!Parish (Norwegian: sokn)!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
HanestadHanestad ChurchHanestad1926
SjøliSjøli ChurchSjølisand1914
Ytre RendalYtre Rendal ChurchOtnes1751
Øvre RendalØvre Rendal ChurchBergset1759

Geography

The municipality has an area of 3180km² which makes it the 2nd largest municipality (after Ullensvang Municipality) in Southern Norway. The 11 largest municipalities are all in rural Northern Norway and they are followed by Ullensvang and Rendalen. Rendalen municipality is bordered on the northwest by Alvdal Municipality and Tynset Municipality, in the north by Tolga Municipality, in the east by Engerdal Municipality, in the south by Trysil Municipality and Åmot Municipality, and in the west by Stor-Elvdal Municipality.

Rendalen municipality encompasses most of the Rendalen valley, a side valley of the large Østerdalen valley which dominates Eastern Norway. In addition, the municipality encompasses the northern part of the lake Storsjøen as well as the lakes Sølensjøen, Galtsjøen, Harrsjøen, and Lomnessjøen. The mountains Elgspiggen and Sølen are in Rendalen as well. The rivers Glomma and Renaelva both flow through the municipality.

Government

Rendalen Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[10] The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Østre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council Norwegian: (Kommunestyre) of Rendalen is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.

Mayors

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Rendalen:

Economy

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

Notable people

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway.

Twin towns – Sister cities

Rendalen has sister city agreements with the following places:[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Rendalen . . . 2022-01-17 . Svendsen . Trond Olav . Norwegian . Morten . Olsen Haugen . 2022-02-19.
  2. Web site: Statistisk sentralbyrå . Statistics Norway . Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Statistisk sentralbyrå . Statistics Norway . 09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M) . Norwegian.
  4. Book: Jukvam, Dag . Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen . . 1999 . 9788253746845 . no.
  5. Book: Rygh, Oluf . Oluf Rygh

    . Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt . 1900 . W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri . 3 . Kristiania, Norge . 363 . no . Oluf Rygh.

  6. Web site: Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen . 2023-04-29 . Heraldry of the World.
  7. Web site: Rendalen, Hedmark (Norway) . 2023-04-29 . Flags of the World.
  8. Web site: 1989-08-18 . Godkjenning av våpen og flagg . 2023-04-29 . Lovdata.no . Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet . no.
  9. Web site: Rendalens Kommunevåpen . 2008-12-29 . Rendalen kommune . no . Microsoft Word.
  10. Encyclopedia: kommunestyre . . . 2022-09-20 . Hansen . Tore . Norwegian . Vabo . Signy Irene . 2022-10-14.
  11. Web site: Peder Edvard Vorum . 23 October 2010 . Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) . no.
  12. . Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  13. Web site: Besøk fra vennskapskommuner . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060907155821/http://www.rendalen.kommune.no/Default.asp?WCI=ViewNews&WCE=6988&DGI=22&Head=1 . 2006-09-07 . 2008-12-29 . Rendalen kommune . no.
  14. Web site: Aalborg Twin Towns . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130907145357/http://www.europeprize.net/en/?page_id=5 . 7 September 2013 . 19 August 2013 . Europeprize.net.