Rauland

Rauland Municipality
Rauland herad
Rural area in Rauland
Rural area in Rauland
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Rauland within Telemark
Rauland within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°42′59″N 7°59′18″E / 59.71631°N 7.98844°E / 59.71631; 7.98844
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictVest-Telemark
Established1860
 • Preceded byVinje and Lårdal
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byVinje Municipality
Administrative centreRaulandsgrend
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total1,830 km2 (710 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,656
 • Density0.90/km2 (2.3/sq mi)
DemonymRaulending[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0835[3]

Rauland is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 1,830-square-kilometre (710 sq mi) municipality existed from 1860 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Vinje Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Raulandsgrend (also known as Rauland) which is where Rauland Church is located. The municipality was a very mountainous, rural area, with about 90% of its area at elevations of 900 metres (3,000 ft) above sea level or higher.[4]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Lundbo, Sten; Mæhlum, Lars, eds. (8 November 2021). "Rauland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.