Slidre (municipality)

Slidre is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 1,337-square-kilometre (516 sq mi) municipality[2][3] existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1849 when it was divided into Vestre Slidre Municipality and Øystre Slidre Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Slidre.[4]

Slidre herred
Former municipality
Official logo of Slidre herred
Oppland within
Norway
Slidre within Oppland
Slidre within Oppland
Coordinates: 61°05′17″N 8°58′53″E
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictValdres
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1849
 • Succeeded byVestre Slidre and Øystre Slidre
Administrative centreSlidre
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total1,337 km2 (516 sq mi)
Population
 (1849)
 • Total5,536
 • Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
DemonymSlidring[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0543
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The prestegjeld of Slidre was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The municipality did not exist very long. On 1 January 1849, the municipality was divided into Vestre Slidre Municipality (population: 3,130) and Øystre Slidre Municipality (population: 2,406).[5]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Slidre farm (Old Norse: Slíðrar or Slíðrir) since the historic Slidre Church was built there during the 12th century. The meaning of the name is not definitively known. It may be derived from the word slir which comes from the Old Norse word slíðr which means "sheath" (which is probably referring to a long depression near the church).[6][4]

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Helland, Amund (1913). "Vestre Slidre herred". V Kristians amt. Fjerde del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 373. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. Helland, Amund (1913). "Øystre Slidre herred". V Kristians amt. Fjerde del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 400. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (12 February 2020). "Slidre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  6. Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 285.

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