Nord-Fron
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| Nord-Fron kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Oppland | ||
| District | Gudbrandsdalen | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0516 | ||
| Administrative centre | Vinstra | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2007) | Tove Haugli (Ap) | ||
| Area (Nr. 86 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 1,141 km² (440.5 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 1,092 km² (421.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 5,926 | ||
| - Density | 5/km² (12.9/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -2.8 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 167 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Demonym | Frøning[1] | ||
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| Website: www.nord-fron.kommune.no | |||
Nord-Fron is a municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway.
The old municipality of Fron was divided into Nord-Fron and Sør-Fron in 1851. (They were again merged in the period 1966-1977.)
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[edit] The name
The meaning of Nord-Fron is '(the) northern (part of) Fron'. (The parish and municipality of Fron was divided in 1851.)
See > Sør-Fron
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. It shows a Dole Gudbrandsdal.
[edit] Geography
It is bordered to the north by Sel municipality, to the south and east by Sør-Fron, in the south by Gausdal and Øystre Slidre, and in the southwest by Vågå.
The district stretches from the mountains of Rondane and in the east to Jotunheimen in the west. A point of Nord-Fron "touches" Folldal municipality in Hedmark County.
There are two population centers in Nord-Fron: Vinstra and Kvam. Kvam is located at the northern end of the Peer Gynt Road, which passes through high roads with excellent views of the Jotunheimen, Dovrefjell and Rondane mountain.
[edit] History
The farm Nord-Hoge in Sødorp parish, Nord-Fron is the legendary home of Peer Gynt. Peer was made famous by both Peter Asbjørnsen's folk tales and Henrik Ibsen play.
The body of Captain Sinclair is buried in Kvam.
The beautiful small church in Kvam, built in 1775, was burnt during the German occupation of Norway.
[edit] National Parks
[edit] Rondane National Park
Rondane National Park, which lies partially in Nord-Fron, was the first Norwegian National Park, established on December 21, 1962. In 2003 Rondane National Park was enlarged and smaller areas of nature protection were opened or enlarged.
[edit] Jotunheim National Park
Although Jotunheim National Park is not in Nord-Fron, its southern border brushes Nord-Fron's western border.
[edit] What to see
The Rock carvings at Eidefoss, Fossen. East side of the river south of the white water.
[edit] Famous residents
[edit] References
- East Norway and its Frontier by Frank Noel Stagg, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. 1956
- Adventure Roads in Norway by Erling Welle-Strand, Nortrabooks, 1996. ISBN 82-90103-71-9
- Norway, edited by Doreen Taylor-Wilkie, Houghton Mifflin, 1996. ISBN 0-395-81912-1
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