Ålen

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Ålen is the administrative centre of Holtålen municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway.

It is also a former municipality, created in 1855 by a split from Holtaalen. At that time Ålen had a population of 1.487. An uninhabited part of Ålen was moved to Røros in 1875. The remaining part of Holtålen changed its name to Haltdalen in 1937.

On 1 January 1972 Ålen was merged with Haltdalen to once again form the municipality Holtålen. Prior to the merger Ålen municipality had a population of 1.944.

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