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Norwegian County Road 255 ...
County Road 255 ( no, Fylkesvei 255) is a road in Oppland County, Norway. It runs from Vinstra in the municipality of Nord-Fron to Lillehammer. The road is being improved (it is being widened and a pedestrian path and bicycle path are being added) between Hovemoen and Segalstad bru and a connection is being built from Hovemoen to Storhove. Before January 1, 2010 the route was a national road. It was reclassified as a county road in line with a reform transferring such routes to the counties. References {{reflist External linksStatens vegvesen – trafikkmeldinger Fv255 (Traffic Information: County Road 255) 255 __NOTOC__ Year 255 ( CCLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerianus and Gallienus (or, less frequently, year 1008 '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinstra
Vinstra is a town in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, at the confluence of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river and the Vinstra river (which flows from the lake Vinstre). The town has a population (2021) of 2,678 and a population density of . The European route E6 highway and the Dovrebanen railway line both pass through the town. The Vinstra Upper Secondary School and the Sødorp Church are both located in the town as well. The newspaper '' Dølen'' is published in Vinstra. The village of Vinstra was granted the status of a "town" on 1 September 2013, an event that was celebrated for 3 days. Peer Gynt Peder Olsen Hågå from Vinstra was the model for the main character in Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic poem ''Peer Gynt'' which was published in 1867. In the old cemetery at Sødorp Chapel, there stands a monument to Peer Gynt, and each year since 1967 the Peer Gyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skåbu
Skåbu is a village in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Vinstra (river), Vinstra, about southwest of the town of Vinstra. Skåbu has about 600 inhabitants. Skåbu Church is located in the village. Skåbu is situated at an elevation of above sea level which makes it the highest permanently inhabited village in Norway. Name The village is named after the old ''Skåbu'' farm ( non, Skaðabú). The first element could come from the genitive case of which means 'damage' or it could come from the male name ''Skaði''. The last element is the word which means 'farm'. Climate Due to its high altitude, it has a subarctic climate which is even colder than some arctic areas. References Nord-Fron Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segalstad Bru
Segalstad bru () is the administrative centre of Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the crossroad between Østre Gausdal and Vestre Gausdal. The village sits along the north side of the river Jøra, about to the northwest of the village of Follebu and about to the northeast of the village of Forset. The village has a population (2021) of 1,026 and a population density of . The village is named ''Segalstad bru'' which literally translates to ''Segalstad bridge''. The village got its name from the actual bridge which links the two parts of the municipality on either side of the river. Economy A number of business and shops are located at Segalstad bru, the most significant of which is the timber company, ''Gausdal Bruk''. Moreover, Segalstad bru is home to Fjerndum primary school, Gausdal Secondary school, the municipal administration building, and some sports facilities. There is a large dairy just outside of Segalstad bru which is on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follebu
Follebu is a village in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Gausa, about to the southeast of the village of Segalstad bru. The town of Lillehammer lies about to the southeast of Follebu. Follebu Church (''Follebu kirke'') is located just to the northwest of the village. It was built in a Gothic style of stone and brick between the years 1260 and 1300. The village has a population (2021) of 1,160 and a population density of . Name The Old Norse form of the name was ''Foldabu''. The first element is probably the genitive In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can al ... pluralis of ''fold'' which means "meadow", "plain", or "open and flat land". The last element of the name is ''bú'' which means "rural district". The area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillehammer
Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municipality include Fåberg, Hunderfossen, Jørstadmoen, Vingnes, and Vingrom. The municipality is the 211th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lillehammer is the 38th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 28,425. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 6.2% over the previous 10-year period. The town of Lillehammer is the largest urban centre in the municipality. It lies in the central part of the municipality and it is surrounded by more rural areas. The town centre is a late nineteenth-century concentration of wooden houses, which enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen, surrounded by mountains. Lillehamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oppland
Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration was located in the town of Lillehammer. Merger On 1 January 2020, the neighboring counties of Oppland and Hedmark were merged to form the new Innlandet county. Both Oppland and Hedmark were the only landlocked counties of Norway, and the new Innlandet county is the only landlocked county in Norway. The two counties had historically been one county that was divided in 1781. Historically, the region was commonly known as "Opplandene". In 1781, the government split the area into two: Hedemarkens amt and Kristians amt (later renamed Hedmark and Oppland. In 2017, the government approved the merger of the two counties. There were several names debated, but the government settled on ''Innlandet''. Geography Oppland extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nord-Fron
Nord-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vinstra. Other population centers in Nord-Fron include the villages of Kvam and Skåbu. The municipality is the 95th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nord-Fron is the 166th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,628. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 3.5% over the previous 10-year period. General information The prestegjeld of Fron was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 when the new formannskapsdistrikt law went into effect. On 1 January 1851, the municipality was divided in two. The northwest portion became Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 4,685) and the southeast portion became Sør-Fron Municipality (population: 3,421). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storhove
Storhove is a neighborhood of Lillehammer, Norway, located north of the city center. It is the location of a Inland Norway University site, and the Lillehammer offices of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. During the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ..., it also hosted the International Broadcasting Center and the Main Press Center. References Lillehammer {{Oppland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian National Road
Norwegian national roads (Norwegian: Riksvei/Riksveg abbr. Rv; literally: road of the rike/realm), are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) which also maintains them. In 2007 there were of this class of Norwegian roads, which constituted 29.4% of public roads in Norway. (public roads by county as of January 1, 2007) from Statistisk sentralbyrå Note: The numbers encompass city streets. For municipal roads not all municipalities are up to date. From 2010, after an administrative reform, most of the national roads were transferred to the counties. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian County Road
A Norwegian county road ( nb, Fylkesvei or nn, Fylkesveg) is a highway in Norway owned and maintained by the local county municipality. Some of the roads have road signs. The signs are white with black numbers. History In 1931, a system of national roads ''(Riksvei)'', county roads ''(Fylkesvei)'', and municipal roads ''(kommunal vei)'' was established. In 2009, there were a total of of county roads in Norway. This accounted for 29.2% of the public roads in Norway. On 1 January 2010, most national roads that were not trunk roads ''(Stamvei)'' were transferred to the counties and therefore became county roads. On that date of highway and of ferry travel was transferred to the counties, at a compensation of . After the transfer, counties had about of roads and the state had about of its road network. After the reform came into force, there are two types of county roads in Norway—the original (now called secondary) county roads that were not signposted and the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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