Slidre is a former municipality in the old Oppland county,

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1849 when it was divided into Vestre Slidre Municipality and Øystre Slidre Municipality. The

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was the village of

Slidre Slidre is the administrative centre of Vestre Slidre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Slidrefjorden in the Valdres district. The village is located along the European route E16 highway, about northwest ...

History

The

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of Slidre was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January ...

law). The municipality did not exist very long. On 1 January 1849, the municipality was divided into Vestre Slidre Municipality (population: 3,130) and Øystre Slidre Municipality (population: 2,406).

Name

The municipality (and the parish) were named after the old ''Slidre'' farm ( non, Slíðrar or ) since this was the location of the first Slidre Church that was built during the 12th century. The meaning of the name is not definitively known. It could be derived from the word ''slir'' which means the narrow depression through which a river runs.

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{{use dmy dates, date=August 2022 Vestre Slidre Øystre Slidre Former municipalities of Norway 1838 establishments in Norway 1849 disestablishments in Norway

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