Øvre Rendal is a former municipality in the old

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county,

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. The municipality existed from 1880 until its dissolution in 1965. The area is now part of Rendalen Municipality in the traditional district of

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. The

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was the village of

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where Øvre Rendal Church is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the municipality was the 35th largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Øvre Rendal Municipality was the 434th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,665. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 9.2% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

On 1 January 1838, the large

Rendal Municipality Rendal is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1880 when it was divided into Ytre Rendal Municipality and Øvre Rendal Munic ...

was established. This municipality spanned from the

valley to the border with

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

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(population: 1,661) in the south. The new Øvre Rendal Municipality had an area of . On 1 January 1911, of eastern Øvre Rendal Municipality (population: 381) was removed from the municipality and merged with of eastern

(population: 311), of southeastern Tolga Municipality (population: 201), and of northern

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(population: 291) to create the new

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, located to the east of the remaining Øvre Rendal Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1965, Øvre Rendal Municipality (population: 1,629) was merged with

(population: 1,913) to create the new Rendalen Municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the Rendalen valley (). In 1880, the large

was divided to create two new municipalities. Both municipalities were named after the old municipality and to distinguish between the two, an additional word was added to the name. The word was added to this name and the word was added to the other municipality. The word means "upper" (while means "outer"). The first element of Rendal is which means "

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". The last element is which means "

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" or "dale". The river Rena runs through the valley and it is not known if the valley was named after the river or if the river was named after the valley. A nearby mountain Renafjellet also has a similar name. Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Øvre Rendalen''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Øvre Rendal'', removing the definite form ending ''-en''.

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Øvre Rendal Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Rendal

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and the Nord-Østerdal prosti (

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) in the

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Geography

Øvre Rendal Municipality is located in the northern

valley. Alvdal Municipality,

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, and Tolga Municipality were located to the north.

was located to the east,

was located to the south, and

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was located to the west. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Sølen, located on the border of Øvre Rendal Municipality and

Government

While it existed, Øvre Rendal Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The

of Øvre Rendal Municipality was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

() of Øvre Rendal Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position: * 1880–1881: Erik Olsen Haugseth * 1882–1885: Erik Simensen Høye * 1886–1889: Erik Nilsen Haarset * 1890–1893: Erik Simensen Høye * 1894–1897: Ola Eriksen Undset * 1898–1904: David Kvile ( V) * 1905–1910: Hans Bergseth * 1911–1913: David Kvile ( V) * 1914–1919: Martin Hornseth ( H) * 1920–1922: Torleif Bjøntegaard ( H) * 1923–1928: Johannes Myrberg ( Bp) * 1929–1931: M.O. Undseth ( Ap) * 1932–1934: Jens Løken ( Bp) * 1935–1940: Knut Vardenær Brøten ( Ap) * 1941–1942: Sigurd Haga ( NS) * 1943–1943: Lidvin Hornseth ( NS) * 1943–1945: John Sørhuus ( NS) * 1945–1947: Knut Vardenær Brøten ( Ap) * 1948–1951: Petter Olaus Kristiansen ( Ap) * 1952–1963: Knut Vardenær Brøten ( Ap) * 1963–1964: Asmund Sletten ( Ap)

References

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