Stor-Elvdal


Stor-Elvdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Koppang.
The parish of Store Elvedalen was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. The neighboring municipality of Sollia was merged with Stor-Elvdal on 1 January 1965.

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Elfardalr. The first element is the genitive case of elfr which means "river" and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale".
The first element Stor- was later added to distinguish it from the municipality of Lille Elvedalen.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. The arms show two silver-colored two-man saws on a green background.
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Tourism

Stor-Elvdal boasts the tallest moose statue in the world, a steel giant moose at the side of the Riksvei 3 highway.

Geography

Stor-Elvdal is bordered on the north by the municipalities of Folldal and Alvdal, on the east by Rendalen, in the south by Åmot and Ringsaker, in the west by Øyer and Ringebu, and in the northwest by Sør-Fron.

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Stor-Elvdal: