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highway runs through the village, right along the river. The village has a population (2021) of 720 and a population density of .

History

Fåvang Stave Church (''Fåvang kirke'') was built after the Reformation, for the most part of using materials from earlier stave churches in the valley which had been demolished. The church was probably built between 1627 and 1630. The oldest parts can be dated back to around 1150–1250. Particularly heavy fighting took place in Fåvang, as well as neighboring

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, Kvam, Sjoa and Otta during the Norwegian Campaign which led up to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. The Norwegian movie '' Jonny Vang'' was principally filmed in the town of Fåvang during 2003. Fåvang is located about away from Kvitfjell, the downhill skiing arena used in the

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held in 1994.

Name

The village (and church parish) is named after the old ''Fåvang'' farm ( non, Fǫðvangr) since the first Fåvang Church was built there. The first element is the river name ''Få'' (see also Fådalen and the old name of Lysakerelva) and the last element is ''vangr'' which means 'meadow'.

Notable residents

* Finn Kalvik, artist

References

Ringebu Villages in Innlandet Populated places on the Gudbrandsdalslågen {{Innlandet-geo-stub