is the

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Midtre Gauldal Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren. Other villages in the municipality include Singsås, Soknedal, Enodden, an ...

municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located in the Gauldalen valley at the

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of the rivers

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 ...

and ''Sokna''. Støren is located on the European route E06 highway, about south of the city of Trondheim. The junction between the Dovrebanen and Rørosbanen railway lines is at Støren Station in the northern part of the village. Støren Church, a school, government services, and commercial and industrial sites are all located in the village. The village has a population (2018) of 2,276 and a population density of .

Name

The village (and parish/municipality) was named after the old ''Støren'' farm ( non, Staurin), since the first Støren Church was built there. The first element is ''staurr which means "pointed pole" and the last element is ''vin'' which means " meadow" or " pasture". The word ''staurr'' is probably referring to the pointed

headland A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John ...

on which the church is located. The two rivers that form this headland are the

and ''Sokna''.

Media gallery

Støren sentrum (01).JPG, Village centre Størenhallen (3).JPG, Størenhallen Korsen på Støren (3).JPG, School in Støren Støren Hotel (01).JPG, Støren hotel StorenKirke.JPG, Støren Church Storen stasjon Rorosbanen 2008.JPG, Støren Station

Popular culture

The Norwegian movie

Bør Børson ''Bør Børson jr.'' is a satirical novel from the boom period during World War I, written by Norwegian writer Johan Falkberget. It was first published as a feuilleton in the satirical magazine '' Hvepsen'' in 1917, then again printed as a feuillet ...

made Støren famous. In this movie, the

protagonist A protagonist () is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a st ...

, Bør Børson, is visiting a fictional Støren bakery.

References

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