Rauland
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This article is about the former municipality in Norway. For the American diplomat Scott Rauland, see this article.
Rauland is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway.
It was created in 1860 from the districts of Rauland in Vinje and Øyfjell in Lårdal as a border adjustment. The new municipality had a population of 988.
On 1 January 1964 Rauland was incorporated into Vinje. Prior to the merger Rauland had a population of 1.656.
[edit] References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".