Rendal Municipality

Rendal Municipality
Rendal herred
Hedmark within Norway
Hedmark within Norway
Rendal within Hedmark
Rendal within Hedmark
Coordinates: 61°53′29″N 11°04′44″E / 61.89139°N 11.07889°E / 61.89139; 11.07889
CountryNorway
CountyHedmark
DistrictØsterdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1880
 • Succeeded byYtre Rendal and
Øvre Rendal
Administrative centreBergset
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total4,201 km2 (1,622 sq mi)
Population
 (1880)
 • Total3,529
 • Density0.84/km2 (2.2/sq mi)
DemonymRendøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0432[2]

Rendal is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 4,201-square-kilometre (1,622 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1880 when it was divided into Ytre Rendal and Øvre Rendal. The administrative centre was the village of Bergset where Øvre Rendal Church is located.[3]

  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. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (22 January 2022). "Øvre Rendal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 January 2022.