Slidre is the

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

of Vestre Slidre Municipality in

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 along the Slidrefjorden in the

Valdres Valdres () is a traditional district in central, southern Norway, situated between the districts of Gudbrandsdalen and Hallingdal. The region of Valdres consists of the six municipalities of Nord-Aurdal, Sør-Aurdal, Øystre Slidre, Vestre S ...

district. The village is located along the

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highway, about northwest of Fagernes. The village has a population (2021) of 337 and a

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of .

History

Slidre is the site of the Slidredomen, a

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stone church. The village was the

of the old Slidre Municipality from 1838 until 1849 when the municipality was divided.

Name

The municipality (and the parish) were named after the old ''Slidre'' farm ( or ) since this was the location of the first Slidre Church that was built during the 12th century. The meaning of the name is not definitively known. It could be derived from the word ''slir'' which means the narrow depression through which a river runs.

References

Vestre Slidre Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub