Kirkenær is the

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Grue Municipality Grue is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kirkenær. ...

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 ( ...

county,

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. The village is located on the eastern shore of the river

Glomma The Glomma or Glåma is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country. Geography At its fullest length, the river r ...

. The village of Namnå lies about to the north and the village of

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about to the south. Grue Church is located on the south side of the village. The

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and the Solørbanen railway line both run through the village. The village has a population (2021) of 1,231 and a

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of .

History

The place is named after the Kirkenær farm and is located in the middle of

Solør Solør is a Norwegian traditional district consisting of the valley between Elverum in the north and Kongsvinger in the south. It is part of Innlandet county and it includes Våler Municipality, Åsnes Municipality, and Grue Municipality. G ...

. In 1822, the

Grue Church fire On 26 May 1822 there was a Pentecost worship service at the Grue Church near Kirkenær, Norway (in the present-day Grue Municipality). During the service, the church caught fire and at least 113 people were killed. It is the deadliest fire disa ...

occurred at Grue Church which was at the time located a little to the northwest of Kirkenær. At least 113 people perished in the fire, in addition to the destruction of the church. Afterwards, the church was rebuilt about to the south, closer to the village. When the Solørbanen railway was completed to Kirkenær in 1893, the village rapidly grew around the railway station.

Media gallery

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkenaer Grue, Norway Villages in Innlandet Populated places on the Glomma River