Hessdalen
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Hessdalen is a 15 km long valley in Norway, located approximately 120 kilometres south of Trondheim city and approximately 35 km north of Røros mining town. It is a part of Holtålen municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county.
In the area of Hessdalen occur sometimes ominous luminous phenomena (Hessdalen lights).
[edit] The name
The first element is the rivername Hesja - the last element is the finite form of dal m 'dale, valley'.