Øvre Rendal Municipality
Øvre Rendal Municipality
Øvre Rendal herred | |
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| Øvre Rendalen herred (historic name) | |
View of Øvre Rendal (1924) | |
Hedmark within Norway | |
Øvre Rendal within Hedmark | |
| Coordinates: 61°53′29″N 11°04′44″E / 61.89139°N 11.07889°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Hedmark |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1880 |
| • Preceded by | Rendal Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Rendalen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Bergset |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1963–1964) | Asmund Sletten (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 1,829 km2 (706 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #35 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,754.8 m (5,757.2 ft) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 1,665 |
| • Rank | #434 in Norway |
| • Density | 0.9/km2 (2/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −9.2% |
| Demonym | Rendøl |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0433 |
Øvre Rendal is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 1,829-square-kilometre (706 sq mi) municipality existed from 1880 until its dissolution in 1965. The area is now part of Rendalen Municipality in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre was the village of Bergset where Øvre Rendal Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the 1,829-square-kilometre (706 sq mi) municipality was the 35th largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Øvre Rendal Municipality was the 434th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,665. The municipality's population density was 0.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.3/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 9.2% over the previous 10-year period.