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Røros kommune
Image:Roros_kart.png
County Sør-Trøndelag
Landscape
Municipality NO-1640
Administrative centre Røros
Mayor (2003) John Helge Andersen (Ap)
Official language form Neutral
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 32
1,956 km²
1,758 km²
0.60 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 174
5,632
0.12 %
4.6 %
3/km²
Coordinates 62°36′ N 11°37′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=62_36_N_11_37_E_type:adm2nd_region:NO-1640)
www.roros.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1640) Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, until 1918 known as amter, singular - amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Sør-Trøndelag is a county in the area Trøndelag in Norway, bordering Nord-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Oppland and Hedmark. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). ... The Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti, Arbeiderpartiet or DNA) is a left-wing political party in Norway. ... Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which...

Røros is a town and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, until 1918 known as amter, singular - amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Sør-Trøndelag is a county in the area Trøndelag in Norway, bordering Nord-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Oppland and Hedmark. ... Norway - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...


Known for its copper mines, it is one of Norway's two nationally significant mining towns with activity starting in the 17th century (the other one being the "silver-town" Kongsberg). General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8920 kg/m3, 3. ... Mine can refer to a number of things: Mines are tunnels used in mining for extraction of resources. ... Norway - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5 , d Density, Hardness 10490 kg/m3, 2. ... Kongsberg (lit. ...


Røros and its people were made famous in the Norwegian audience at the turn of the 20th century by author Johan Falkberget, who told the story of the mining community from the perspective of the hard-tested miners at the bottom of the social ladder. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...


The town is on the UNESCO World heritage list. UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...


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Municipalities of Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag coat of arms

Agdenes | Bjugn | Frøya | Hemne | Hitra | Holtålen | Klæbu | Malvik | Meldal | Melhus | Midtre Gauldal | Oppdal | Orkdal | Osen | Rennebu | Rissa | Roan | Røros | Selbu | Skaun | Snillfjord | Trondheim | Tydal | Ørland | Åfjord Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Sør-Trøndelag is a county in the area Trøndelag in Norway, bordering Nord-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Oppland and Hedmark. ... The municipality Agdenes in the county of Norway, has 1,807 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Bjugn in the county of Norway, has 4,677 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Hemne is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag in Norway. ... The municipality Hitra in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has 4,051 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Malvik in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has 11,472 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Meldal in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has 3,995 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Melhus in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has 13,782 inhabitants as of January 1, 2004. ... The municipality Midtre Gauldal in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has 5,819 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Oppdal is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. ... The municipality Orkdal in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has 10,381 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Rennebu in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has 2,675 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Rissa in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has 6,449 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Selbu in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has 3,961 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Skaun in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has about 6,100 inhabitants (2004). ... The municipality Snillfjord in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has 1,056 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... Trondheim (Icelandic name: Þrándheimur; Lithuanian name: Trondheimas; former German name: Drontheim) is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. ... The municipality Tydal in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, has 914 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ...


 

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