Sjoa (village)

Sjoa
Village
Sjoa is located in Innlandet
Sjoa
Sjoa
Location of the village
Sjoa is located in Norway
Sjoa
Sjoa
Sjoa (Norway)
Coordinates: 61°40′44″N 9°33′00″E / 61.679°N 9.54994°E / 61.679; 9.54994
CountryNorway
RegionEastern Norway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictGudbrandsdalen
MunicipalitySel Municipality
Elevation
[1]
315 m (1,033 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
2670 Otta

Sjoa is a village in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the confluence of the rivers Gudbrandsdalslågen and Sjoa. The Dovrebanen railway line and the European route E6 highway both run through the village. Sjoa Chapel is located in the village. The mountain Saukampen lies just to the southwest of the village.

In 2016, the Perkolo Bridge, a glued laminated timber bridge over the Gudbrandsdalslågen river at Soja, collapsed. The official report into the collapse determined that "the direct cause is a defective joint in the framework." The Perkolo Bridge collapse led to 11 similar bridges being closed for inspection, including one at Tretten. A similar bridge over the Gudbrandsdalslågen river at Tretten collapsed in 2022, despite it having been checked for defects in 2021.[2][3]

The village is named after the river Sjoa. Prior to 1965, the village was part of Nord-Fron Municipality, but in a large municipal merger on 1 January 1965, the Sjoa area became part of a newly enlarged Sel Municipality.[4]

  1. ^ "Sjoa, Sel". yr.no. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Car plunges into water as Norwegian bridge collapses". ABC News. 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. ^ Jessel, Ella (17 August 2022). "Norway's collapsed timber bridge had 'vulnerabilities', says Arup expert". New Civil Engineer. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.