Vingelen Explained

Official Name:Vingelen
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:Østerdalen
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Tolga Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:2542 Vingelen
Coordinates:62.4172°N 10.8619°W
Elevation M:693
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Vingelen is a village in Tolga Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the northwestern part of the municipality, about to the west of the village of Tolga. The Forollhogna National Park lies about north of the village.[2]

Vingelen Church has been located in the village for centuries. This village was the main village in the Tolga area until the 1600s when the village of Tolga grew up around a smelter that was built along the river Glåma. The people of Vingelen have historically worked in the agriculture and forestry industries.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vingelen, Tolga. yr.no. 2022-02-07.
  2. Web site: Vingelen . NRK.no . 2022-02-07 . no.