Fådalen (or historically spelled Faadalen) is a valley and village area in

Tynset Municipality Tynset is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tynset (town), ...

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county,

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. The valley is located about west of the municipal centre of

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. The village of

Fåset Fåset is a village in Tynset Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the southern end of the Fådalen valley, where the river Fåa meets the larger river Glåma. The Norwegian National Road 3 Norwegian National R ...

lies at the southern end of the valley where the river Fåa flows into the large river

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. The village of Savalen and the lake Savalen both lie at the northwest end of the valley.

Name

The first element is the river name and the last element is the finite form of the Norwegian word which means 'dale' or 'valley'. Hence the meaning is the "Fåa river valley".

References

Tynset Villages in Innlandet Valleys of Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub