Sollia
is a village in
Stor-Elvdal Municipality
Stor-Elvdal 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 o ...
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,
Norway
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. The village is located just up the hill from the Setninga river, about northwest of the village of
Koppang and about north of the village of
Ringebu.
Sollia Church is located in the long, narrow village. The County Road 219 runs through the small village. Historically, this village was 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 the old
Sollia Municipality.
Name
The first element is which means "the Sun" and the last element is the finite form of which means "hillside". Thus, the name means "the sunny hillside".
References
Stor-Elvdal
Villages in Innlandet
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