Slidre (municipality)

Slidre Municipality
Slidre herred
Oppland within Norway
Slidre within Oppland
Coordinates: 61°05′17″N 8°58′53″E / 61.08802°N 8.98141°E / 61.08802; 8.98141
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictValdres
Established1 Jan 1838
  Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1849
  Succeeded byVestre Slidre and Øystre Slidre
Administrative centreSlidre
Area
 (upon dissolution)
  Total
1,337 km2 (516 sq mi)
Population
 (1849)
  Total
5,536
  Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
DemonymSlidring
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0543

Slidre is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 1,337-square-kilometre (516 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1849 when it was divided into Vestre Slidre Municipality and Øystre Slidre Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Slidre.