Brandval

Brandval Municipality
Brandval herred
View of the local Brandval Church
View of the local Brandval Church
Hedmark within Norway
Hedmark within Norway
Brandval within Hedmark
Brandval within Hedmark
Coordinates: 60°19′N 12°02′E / 60.317°N 12.033°E / 60.317; 12.033
CountryNorway
CountyHedmark
DistrictSolør
Established1 Jan 1867
 • Preceded byGrue Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byKongsvinger Municipality
Administrative centreBrandval
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total587 km2 (227 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total4,384
 • Density7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
DemonymBrandvalsokning[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0422[2]

Brandval is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 587-square-kilometre (227 sq mi) municipality[3] existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 1964 when it became part of Kongsvinger Municipality. It was located in the southern part of the traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre of the old municipality was the village of Brandval where Brandval Church is located. The municipality included the populated Glomma river valley in the west and the more sparsely populated Finnskogen forest area in the east.[4]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Helland, Amund (1902). "Brandval herred". Norges land og folk: Kristians amt (in Norwegian). Vol. IV. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 311. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (5 February 2022). "Brandval". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 March 2022.