Singsås is a village in

Midtre Gauldal Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren. Other villages in the municipality include Singsås, Soknedal, Enodden ...

municipality in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

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. The village is located in 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 ...

valley, along 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 ...

, about south of the city of

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...

. The

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and the Rørosbanen railway line both pass through the village. The village of

Haltdalen Haltdalen is a village in Holtålen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the river Gaula, about northwest of the village of Renbygda and about southwest of the village of Aunegrenda. The village of Haltdale ...

lies about up the valley to the east and the village of Rognes lies about down the valley to the west. Singsås Station is located in the centre part of the village while Singsås Church lies along the river, just west of the village at Fordsetmoen. There is a

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store in Singsås.

History

From 1841 until 1964, the area surrounding the village was the municipality of Singsås and during this time, the village of Singsås was the

administrative centre An administrative center 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 administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...

of that municipality.

References

Midtre Gauldal Villages in Trøndelag {{Trøndelag-geo-stub