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'.

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Hessdalen AMS Coordinates: 62°48′N 11°11′E / 62.8, 11.19