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.
[edit] References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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