Grinder, Norway

Grinder
Village
View of the main house on the Grinder farm in the village
View of the main house on the Grinder farm in the village
Grinder is located in Innlandet
Grinder
Grinder
Location of the village
Grinder is located in Norway
Grinder
Grinder
Grinder (Norway)
Coordinates: 60°24′28″N 12°02′59″E / 60.40764°N 12.04976°E / 60.40764; 12.04976
CountryNorway
RegionEastern Norway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictSolør
MunicipalityGrue Municipality
Area
 • Total0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Elevation160 m (520 ft)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total256
 • Density336.8/km2 (872/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
2264 Grinder

Grinder is a village in Grue Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the river Glomma, about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) to the south of the village of Kirkenær. The Norwegian National Road 2 and the Solørbanen railway line both run through Grinder. The village is named after the large Grinder farm which covers about 1,500 decares (1.5 km2; 0.58 sq mi) of cultivated land and forests.[3]

The 0.76-square-kilometre (190-acre) village had a population (in 2012) of 256 and a population density of 336.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (872/sq mi). Since 2013, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (17 March 2022). "04859: Area and population of urban settlements (US) 2000 - 2021".
  2. ^ "Grinder, Grue". yr.no. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ Bratbeg, Terje, ed. (24 November 2020). "Grinder (storgård)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 March 2022.