Øvre Rendal is a former municipality in the old

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged i ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1880 until its dissolution in 1965 when it was merged with the neighboring municipality of

Ytre Rendal Ytre Rendal is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1880 until its dissolution in 1965 when it was merged with the neighboring municipality of Øvre Rendal to form the new Rendalen Municipality. ...

to form the new

Rendalen Municipality Rendalen is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bergset. Other villages in the municipality include Hanestad, Otn ...

. The

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was the village of

Bergset Bergset is the administrative centre of Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the river Renaelva, about north of the village of Otnes in the largely rural Østerdalen valley. The villag ...

where Øvre Rendal Church is located.

History

On 1 January 1838, the large municipality of Rendal was established. This municipality spanned from the

Østerdalen Østerdalen () is a valley and traditional district in Innlandet county, in Eastern Norway. This area typically is described as the large Glåma river valley as well as all its tributary valleys. It includes the municipalities Rendalen, Alvdal, F ...

valley to the border with

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. During the 1870s, discussions began on dividing the large municipality. On 1 January 1880, the municipality of Rendal was split in two to create the municipalities of Øvre Rendal (population: 1,868) and

(population: 1,661). The new municipality of Øvre Rendal had an area of . On 1 January 1911, the new municipality of

Engerdal Engerdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Engerdal. Other villages in the municipality include Drevsjø, El ...

was established to the east of Øvre Rendal. This new municipality was created by taking of eastern Øvre Rendal, plus area from the neighboring municipalities of

, Tolga, and

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. This portion of Øvre Rendal that became part of Engerdal had 381 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1965, the new municipality of

Rendalen Rendalen is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bergset. Other villages in the municipality include Hanestad, Ot ...

was created by merging Øvre Rendal (population: 1,629) and Ytre Rendal (population: 1,913).

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Øvre Rendal, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient health services,

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s. The municipality was governed by a

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representatives, which in turn elected a

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Municipal council

The

of Øvre Rendal was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oevre Rendal Rendalen Former municipalities of Norway 1880 establishments in Norway 1965 disestablishments in Norway