Østby is a village in

Trysil Municipality Trysil 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 village of Inn ...

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county,

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. The village lies about to the southeast of the village of

Innbygda Innbygda is the administrative centre of Trysil Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Trysilelva, about north of the village of Nybergsund. Trysil Church is located in the centre of the village. The vil ...

and about west of the border with

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. The village had a population (2003) of 205 and a

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of . Since 2003, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by

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. There is still around 200 people living in the village. In Østby, there is a community house, a supermarket, an abandoned school, and Østby Church. The Kjølen Hotell, which is well known as a training location for

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events is located in the village. There are several cross-country skiing tracks of which some are illuminated. Every year the "Trysil Skimaraton" (42195) takes place in Østby, the starting point of which is the hotel. The Norwegian National Road 25 runs through the village.

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