Rendalen

This article is about the current municipality in Innlandet, Norway. For the old municipality (1838-1880) in Hedemarkens amt, Norway, see Rendal.
Rendalen Municipality
Rendalen kommune
Municipality
View of the village of Otnes and the lake Lomnessjøen
View of the village of Otnes and the lake Lomnessjøen
Flag of Rendalen Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Rendalen Municipality
Coat of arms
Innlandet within Norway
Innlandet within Norway
Rendalen within Innlandet
Rendalen within Innlandet
Coordinates: 61°51′34″N 11°10′34″E / 61.85944°N 11.17611°E / 61.85944; 11.17611
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictØsterdalen
Established1 Jan 1965
 • Preceded byYtre Rendal and
Øvre Rendal
Administrative centreBergset
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Linda Døsen (Ap)
Area
 • Total3,179.51 km2 (1,227.62 sq mi)
 • Land3,060.84 km2 (1,181.80 sq mi)
 • Water118.67 km2 (45.82 sq mi)  3.7%
 • Rank#13 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,769
 • Rank#295 in Norway
 • Density0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −7.4%
DemonymRendøl[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3424[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Rendalen is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bergset. Other villages in the municipality include Hanestad, Otnes, Sjølisand, Unset, Åkre, and Åkrestrømmen.[4]

The 3,180-square-kilometre (1,230 sq mi) municipality is the 13th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Rendalen is the 295th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,769. The municipality's population density is 0.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 7.4% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]

  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. ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav; Olsen Haugen, Morten, eds. (17 January 2022). "Rendalen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).