Haltdalen is a village in
Holtålen
Holtålen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is located in the Ålen area of the village of Renbygda. Other villages in the municipality include Hess ...
municipality in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located along the river
Gaula Gaula or GAULA may refer to:
Places
* Gaula (Madeira), a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz in the island of Madeira in Portugal
* Gaula (Trøndelag), a river in Trøndelag county in Norway
* ''Gaula river valley'' or Gauldalen, a vall ...
, about northwest of the village of
Renbygda
Renbygda is the administrative centre of the municipality of Holtålen in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Gaula River and the Rørosbanen railway line, about north of the town of Røros and about southeast of the ...
and about southwest of the village of
Aunegrenda
Aunegrenda is a village in the municipality of Holtålen in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the village of Haltdalen, and it is the location of Aunegrenda Chapel. Aunegrenda lies 6,990 km north of the ...
. The village of Haltdalen has approximately 600 inhabitants (2004). It is situated along the
Rørosbanen railway
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line connecting the
town of Røros and the village of
Støren.
From 1838 until 1972, the village was the
administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of the old municipality of
Haltdalen
Haltdalen is a village in Holtålen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the river Gaula, about northwest of the village of Renbygda and about southwest of the village of Aunegrenda. The village of Haltdale ...
. Haltdalen is known for the old
Haltdalen Stave Church
Haltdalen Stave Church ( no, Haltdalen stavkyrkje) is a stave church that was originally built in the 1170s in the village of Haltdalen in what is now the municipality of Holtålen in Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is now on display at the ...
that was built in the 12th century. The original can be seen at the
Trøndelag Folkemuseum
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...
at
Sverresborg
Sverresborg (Norwegian:''Sverresborg i Trondheim'') or ''Sverre Sigurdsson's castle'' (''Kong Sverres borg'') was a fort and residence built in the medieval city of Nidaros (later Trondheim) by King Sverre Sigurdsson. The fortification was built ...
in
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...
. In 2004, a copy of the old stave church was constructed on the grounds of the
Haltdalen Church
Haltdalen Church ( no, Haltdalen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Holtålen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Haltdalen. It is the main church for the Haltdalen parish which is part ...
. Also, a replica of the Haltdalen
stave church was built in
Heimaey
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in
Vestmannaeyjar,
Iceland
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as a gift from Norway to Iceland.
Haltdalen-Røros-Brekken is home to the Haltdalen Training Center, which is used as a training camp for
cold-weather warfare by Norwegian and American forces.
References
Villages in Trøndelag
Holtålen
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