The Dovre region is a landscape in Norway consisting of the municipalities of Dovre, Folldal, and Oppdal. Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... For the city in Wisconsin, see Dovre, Barron County, Wisconsin. ... The municipality Folldal in the county of Hedmark, Norway, has 1,753 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... View of Vangslia in Oppdal, with the main church, known locally as Marit Vang County Sør-Trøndelag Landscape Dovre region Municipality NO-1634 Administrative centre Aune Mayor (2004) Ola Røtvei (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 21 2,274 km² 2,202 km² 0. ...

This region is atypical in several respects: while most landscapes in Norway are bounded by geographical barriers such as fjords and mountain ranges, the Dovre region comprises alpine communities that straddle the mountain range of Dovrefjell. Each of the three municipalities is also in different counties: Dovre is in Oppland, Folldal is in Hedmark, and Oppdal is in Sør-Trøndelag. Dovrefjell is a mountain range in central Norway that forms a natural barrier between the southern regions of Norway and the area around Trondheim. ... Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. ... Hedmark is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. ... Sør-Trøndelag is a county in the area Trøndelag in Norway, bordering Nord-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Oppland and Hedmark. ...

Formal cooperation among the three municipalities is fairly recent, but there is ample evidence that the populations had much communication going back to prehistoric times.