Official Name: | Ringebu |
Other Name: | Vålebru / Vålebrua |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Innlandet |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Gudbrandsdalen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Ringebu Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.85 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1353 |
Population Density Km2: | 733 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2630 Ringebu |
Coordinates: | 61.5297°N 10.1389°W |
Elevation M: | 199 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Ringebu or Vålebru is the administrative centre of Ringebu Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley, along the Gudbrandsdalslågen river. The European route E6 highway and the Dovrebanen railway line both pass through the village. The 1.85km2 village has a population (2021) of 1353 and a population density of .[2] [3]
The Ringebu Stave Church is located about to the southeast of the village.
The village is named Ringebu which is the same as the name of the municipality in which it is located. The name Vålebru is another name for the village which is most often used when one wants to avoid ambiguity between the village of Ringebu and the municipality of Ringebu. The name Vålebru comes from the local river Våla, which flows through the village, and the bridge that was laid over the river here.[4]