Slidre (municipality)

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Coordinates: 61°05′17″N 8°58′53″E / 61.08802°N 8.98141°E / 61.08802; 8.98141
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Slidre Municipality
Slidre herred
Former municipality
Oppland within Norway
Oppland within Norway
Slidre within Oppland
Slidre within Oppland
Coordinates: 61°05′17″N 8°58′53″E / 61.08802°N 8.98141°E / 61.08802; 8.98141
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictValdres
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1849
 • Succeeded byVestre Slidre and Øystre Slidre
Administrative centreSlidre
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total1,337 km2 (516 sq mi)
Population
 (1849)
 • Total5,536
 • Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
DemonymSlidring[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0543[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Slidre is a

Øystre Slidre Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Slidre.[5]

History

The

Øystre Slidre Municipality (population: 2,406).[6]

Name

The municipality (originally the

Old Norse: Slíðrar or Slíðrir) since the historic Slidre Church was built there during the 12th century. The meaning of the name is not definitively known. It may be derived from the word slir which comes from the Old Norse word slíðr which means "sheath" (which is probably referring to a long depression near the church).[7][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  3. ^ Helland, Amund (1913). "Vestre Slidre herred". V Kristians amt. Fjerde del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 373. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. ^ Helland, Amund (1913). "Øystre Slidre herred". V Kristians amt. Fjerde del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 400. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ^
    Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  6. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  7. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 285.


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