Sør-Fron
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| Sør-Fron kommune | |||
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| Coordinates (city): 61°34′8″N 9°55′24″E / 61.56889°N 9.92333°ECoordinates: 61°34′8″N 9°55′24″E / 61.56889°N 9.92333°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Oppland | ||
| District | Gudbrandsdal | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0519 | ||
| Administrative centre | Hundorp | ||
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| - Mayor (2003) | Aksel Eng (Ap) | ||
| Area (Nr. 147 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 745 km2 (287.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 714 km2 (275.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 3,292 | ||
| - Density | 5/km2 (12.9/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -5.0 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 257 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Norwegian demonym | Frøning[1] | ||
| Website | www.sor-fron.kommune.no | ||
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Sør-Fron is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hundorp.
The old municipality of Fron was divided into Sør-Fron and Nord-Fron in 1851. In 1966, they were merged back together again, but that only lasted until 1977 when they separated once again.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Frón. The meaning of the name is unknown (maybe "earth" or "land"). Therefore the meaning of Sør-Fron is "(the) southern (part of) Fron" (since the parish and municipality of Fron was divided in 1851.) In the 19th century, it was called Søndre Fron (søndre also means south).[2]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). The arms show the club that smashed to pieces the statue of the god Thor standing at Hundorp.
[edit] Geography
On the north it is bordered by Nord-Fron municipality. On the west, it is bordered by Øystre Slidre. To the south it is bordered by Gausdal and Ringebu. To the east it is bordered by Folldal and Stor-Elvdal municipalities in Hedmark county.
[edit] Rondane National Park
Rondane National Park, which lies partially in Sør-Fron, was the first Norwegian National Park, established in 1962. In 2003, Rondane National Park was enlarged and smaller areas of nature protection were opened or enlarged adjacent to the park.
Villages include Frya, Hundorp, Lia and Harpefoss.
[edit] Culture
The famous play of Peer Gynt is being played at Gålå, a mountain region of Sør-Fron.
[edit] Notable residents
The famous author and playwright Ludvig Holberg spent part of his youth at the parsonage in Sør-Fron, where he was tutored along with his cousin's children. His cousin was then the minister there.
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 120. http://books.google.com/books?id=DohBAAAAIAAJ. (Norwegian)
[edit] External links
Media related to Sør-Fron at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Sør-Fron- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Oppland travel guide from Wikitravel
- Gudbrandsdalen travel guide from Wikitravel
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