Midtre Gauldal is a

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. It is part of the

Gauldalen Gauldal or Gauldalen ( en, Gaula River valley) is a valley and traditional district in Trøndelag county, Norway. The river Gaula runs through the long valley from the Røros mountains near the lake Aursunden to the Trondheimsfjorden. The narr ...

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. The

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of the municipality is the village of Støren. Other villages in the municipality include Singsås, Soknedal, Enodden, and Rognes. The municipality is the 44th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Midtre Gauldal is the 154th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,120. The municipality's

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is and its population has decreased by 0.5% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

Midtre Gauldal was established as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the old municipalities of Budal (population: 529), Singsås (population: 1,554), Soknedal (population: 1,916), and Støren (population: 2,296). On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...

county to the new

county.

Name

The name ''Midtre Gauldal'' was created in 1964. The first element is the Norwegian word ''Midtre'' meaning "middle" and the last part is ''Gauldal'' which is the name of the valley through which the river

Gaula Gaula or GAULA may refer to: Places * Gaula (Madeira), a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz in the island of Madeira in Portugal * Gaula (Trøndelag), a river in Trøndelag county in Norway * ''Gaula river valley'' or Gauldalen, a vall ...

flows. Therefore, the meaning of the name is "the middle part of Gauldalen".

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 17 December 1982. The arms show a silver crossed-Y figure on a green background. The crossed-Y has several meanings. First, it symbolizes the landscape which is based on the meeting of the main Gauldal and Soknedal valleys at the village of Støren. Furthermore, the municipality has a major Y-shaped road-and-railway junction. Finally, the

Budal Church Budal Church ( no, Budal Kirke) is a parish church within Midtre Gauldal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Enodden. It is the church for the Budal parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the ...

, dating from 1745 is one of the oldest and one of the few remaining Y-shaped churches in the country.

Churches

The

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has four parishes () within the municipality of Holtålen. It is part of the Gauldal prosti (

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) in the

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Geography

The municipality is bordered by Meldal municipality to the west, Rennebu municipalities to the south-west, Melhus and

Selbu Selbu is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mebonden. Other villages in Selbu include Flora, Fossan, Hyttbakken, Innbygda, Selbustrand, Trøa, Tømra, and Vikvarvet ...

municipalities to the north,

Holtålen Holtålen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is located in the Ålen area of the village of Renbygda. Other villages in the municipality include ...

municipality to the east, and Os and Tynset municipalities (in

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merg ...

county) to the south-east. The lake Samsjøen is located in the northern part of the municipality. The

valley follows the Gaula River through the municipality. The mountain Forollhogna lies on the southern border of the municipality inside Forollhogna National Park.

Climate

Kotsøy village in Midtre Gauldal is situated in the Gaula river valley close to Gaula river, surrounded by steep hills covered with spruce forest. The climate is boreal, but with fairly mild winters for this climate type, and not far from humid continental climate. The record high was recorded July 25, 2019. The record low was recorded February 2010, and the January record low is also from 2010.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Midtre Gauldal, are responsible for primary education (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. The municipality is governed by a

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of elected representatives, which in turn elect a

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. The municipality falls under the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The

() of Midtre Gauldal is made up of 33 representatives that are elected to four-year terms. The

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breakdown of the council is as follows:

Media

The newspaper ''

Gauldalsposten ''Gauldalsposten'' (The Gauldal Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper, published in Midtre Gauldal in Sør-Trøndelag county. The newspaper was first published in January 2008, and it comes out on Wednesdays. It is edited by Bjørn Ivar Haugen. ...

'' is published in Midtre Gauldal.

Transportation

European route E6 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and ...

crosses the municipality from north to south. The Dovrebanen and Rørosbanen railway lines also cross the municipality. Some of the stations on those lines include Støren Station and Singsås Station.

Notable people

* Vincents Stoltenberg Bull (1882 in Støren – 1935) a Norwegian engineer and businessperson * Oddbjørn Snøfugl (born 1941) a Norwegian politician, lives in Støren *

Karl Erik Zachariassen Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian ...

(1942–2009) a Norwegian entomologist, lived in Soknedal * Helge Anshushaug (born 1948 in Soknedal) a retired sport shooter, competed at the

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and

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References

External links

*
Municipal fact sheet
from

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every ye ...

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