Rennebu
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| Rennebu kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Sør-Trøndelag | ||
| District | Gauldal | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1635 | ||
| Administrative centre | Berkåk | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2005) | Bjørn Rogstad (H) | ||
| Area (Nr. 114 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 948 km² (366 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 925 km² (357.1 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 2,654 | ||
| - Density | 3/km² (7.8/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | -7.6 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 294 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
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| Website: www.rennebu.kommune.no | |||
Rennebu is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.
Rennebu was separated from Meldal in 1839. The parish of Innset was transferred from Kvikne (and Hedmark county) to Rennebu (and Sør-Trøndelag county) January 1, 1966.
The administrative centre of the municipality is Berkåk (by E6).
[edit] The name
The Old Norse form of the name was Rennabú. The first element is, maybe, the plural genitive case of renna f 'journey, march; road'. (Two old important roads cross the municipality: One follows the river Orkla from Trondheimsfjord to Østerdalen - another, from Gudbrandsdalen and Oppdal to Gauldalen and Trondheim, crosses the valley at Berkåk.) The last element is bú n 'rural district'.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1982). The figure is meant to represent the old church of Rennebu from 1669 - which is shaped like an Y.
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