Otnes is a village in Rendalen 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 lake Lomnessjøen, about north of the village of Åkre. The village of

Bergset Bergset is the administrative centre of Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the river Renaelva, about north of the village of Otnes in the largely rural Østerdalen valley. The vi ...

(the municipal centre) lies about to the north of Otnes. The village has a population (2024) of 270 and a

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of . Otnes has one church in the village, Ytre Rendal Church. The tiny village contains a

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, small

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inside the grocery store,

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, and a

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History

Otnes was the

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of the old

Ytre Rendal Municipality Ytre Rendal is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1880 until its dissolution in 1965. The area is now part of Rendalen Municipality in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administra ...

which existed from 1880 until 1965 when it became part of Rendalen Municipality.

References

Rendalen Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub