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Løten
Løten is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Løten. Other villages in the municipality include Ådalsbruk, Heimdal, and Brenneriroa. The municipality is the 246th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Løten is the 133rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,836. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 4.8% over the previous 10-year period. General information The parish of ''Løiten'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The name was later changed to ''Løten''. The boundaries of the municipality have never changed. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Løten'' farm (). The actual farm is probably the one which is now called ''Prestgarden'' (meaning "the vicarage"), where the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Løten Church
Løten Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Løten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Løten. It is the main church for the Løten parish which is part of the Hamar domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, stone church was built in a long church design around the year 1200 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 400 people. History The church in Løten was built of stone around the year 1200 with a number of Romanesque features. The church originally had a nave that measured about and a choir that measured about . Originally, the church probably did not have a tower. Later, a small tower on the roof of the nave was added. In 1814, this church served as an election church (). Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Løten (village)
Løten is the administrative centre of Løten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about east of the town of Hamar. The village of Ådalsbruk lies about to the south and the village of Brenneriroa lies about to the northwest. Løten Church lies about northwest of the village. The village has a population (2021) of 2,754 and a population density of . The Rørosbanen railway line runs through the village, stopping at the Løten Station Løten Station () is a railway station in Løten Municipality in Innlandet, Norway on the line between Hamar and Elverum. The station is located in the southern area of the main community. It is served by trains on operating the Rørosbanen li .... The Norwegian National Road 3 passes by the north side of the village. Media gallery FV167 Stasjonsvegen mot RV3.jpg Loeten sentrum.jpg Tingberg Løten I.jpg Løiten Meieri - Løten Diary B.JPG References Løten Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heimdal, Innlandet
Heimdal or Jønsrud is a village in Løten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway its distance from Oslo is 130.5 km. The village is located about northeast of the village of Løten and the village of Brenneriroa. The village had a population (2012) of 287 and a population density of . Since 2012, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway Statistics Norway (, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All rele .... References Løten Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenneriroa
Brenneriroa or Løiten brænderi is a village in Løten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located along the river Fura, about northwest of the village of Løten. The historic Løten Church lies about half-way between the two villages. The village has a population (2021) of 874 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ... of . The village is known as ''Løiten brænderi'' after the well-known distillery that once was located in the western part of the village. The eastern part of the village is also known as ''Slettmoen''. References Løten Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ådalsbruk
Ådalsbruk is a village in Løten, Løten municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Svartelva, just east of the Norwegian National Road 3. The village of Løten (village), Løten lies about north of Ådalsbruk and the village of Romedal (village), Romedal lies about to the south. The village has a population (2021) of 759 and a population density of . Ådalsbruk is an old industrial site. The village name was taken from the iron works ''Aadals Brug Jernstøberi og Mek. Værksted'' which existed from 1842 to 1928. The paper mill ''Klevfos Cellulose- og Papirfabrik'' existed from 1888 to 1976, and now that is a museum. The village formerly had its own railway station, Ådalsbruk Station, which was a stop along the Røros Line. Notable people *Edvard Munch, the painter, was born in Ådalsbruk in 1863. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Aadalsbruk Løten Villages in Innlandet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of Norway
Municipalities in Norway are the basic unit of local government. Norway is divided into 15 administrative regions, called Counties of Norway, counties. These counties are subdivided into 357 municipality, municipalities (as of 2024). The capital city Oslo is both a county and a municipality. Municipalities are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient Health care, health services, old age, senior citizen services, welfare spending, welfare and other Social work, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Direct election, directly elected representatives. The mayor is Indirect election, indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. Law enforcement and Church of Norway, church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous change by dividing, consolidating, and adjusting boundaries. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innlandet
Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken (Norwegian county), Viken on the same date). The new county has an area of , making it the largest county in Norway after the division of the old Troms og Finnmark county in 2024. The region was known as Opplandene or Opplanda since the middle ages. Historically part of Akershus, Oplandene County existed from 1757 to 1781, when it was divided into Christians County and Hedemarken County, also known as Western and Eastern Oplandene. In 1919 the two counties were renamed Oppland and Hedmark, and in 2020 they were again merged under the name Innlandet (with the exception of Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality, which went to the new county of Viken (county), Viken). This present name is a newly constructed name with no historical basi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedemarken
(, ; known as ''Hedemarken'' until 2003) is a traditional district in Innlandet county in Eastern Norway. Hedmarken consists of the municipalities Stange, Hamar, Løten, and Ringsaker. In the past, it also contained the municipalities of Romedal, Vang, Furnes, and Nes, but those municipalities were merged into Hamar, Stange, and Ringsaker during the 20th century. Traditionally, it also included Gjøvik on the other side of the lake, but this is no longer the case. The old county of Hedmark was named after the district of Hedmarken, but the county included several other districts as well, namely Østerdalen and Glåmdalen ( Solør, Odalen and Vinger). The district is dominated by rolling agricultural terrain, hilly green mountains, and pine forests. Etymology The Old Norse form of the name was . The first element is , the name of an old Germanic tribe and is related to the word which means "moorland". The last element is ''mǫrk'' which means "woodland", "borderland", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formannskapsdistrikt
() was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 January 1837. The laws established two types of ; one for cities () and one for rural districts (). These districts were mostly based on the former parishes. City municipalities had a monopoly on trade in both the municiality and for surrounding districts. Each district was to elect two councils that governed the municipality. The upper council was called and the lower council was called . The chariman of this council also represented the municipality at the county level. The destinction between cities and rural districts existed until it was gradually replaced by 1995. is still used as name of the most important council in Norwegian municipalities. In total, 396 municipalities were created under these laws. History The establishmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralised authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East—once part of the Byzantine Empire� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drinking Horn
A drinking horn is the horn (anatomy), horn of a bovid used as a cup. Drinking horns are known from Classical Antiquity, especially the Balkans. They remained in use for ceremonial purposes throughout the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period in some parts of Europe, notably in Germanic-speaking Europe, Germanic Europe, and in the peoples of the Caucasus, Caucasus. Drinking horns remain an important accessory in the culture of ritual toast (honor), toasting in Georgia (country), Georgia in particular, where they are known by the local name of ''kantsi''. Cups made from glass, metal, pottery, and in the shape of drinking horns are also known since antiquity. The ancient Greek term for a drinking horn was simply '':wikt:κέρας, keras'' (plural ''kerata'', "horn"). To be distinguished from the drinking-horn proper is the ''rhyton'' (plural ''rhyta''), a drinking-vessel made very loosely in the shape of a horn, sometimes with an outlet at the pointed end. Antiquity Both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charge (heraldry)
In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field (heraldry), field of an ''Escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon'' (shield). That may be a geometric design (sometimes called an ''ordinary (heraldry), ordinary'') or a symbolic representation of a person, animal, plant, object, building, or other device. In French blazon, the ordinaries are called ''pièces'', and other charges are called ''meubles'' ("[the] mobile [ones]"). The term ''charge'' can also be used as a verb; for example, if an escutcheon depicts three lion (heraldry), lions, it is said to be ''charged with three lions''; similarly, a crest or even a charge itself may be "charged", such as a pair of eagle wings ''charged with trefoils'' (as on the coat of arms of Brandenburg). It is important to distinguish between the ordinaries and divisions of the field, as they typically follow similar patterns, such as a shield ''divided'' "per chevron", as distinct from being ''charged with'' a chevron (insignia), ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
