Kvikne
Former municipality in Hedmark, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the former municipality in Hedmark, Norway. For the village of Kvikne in Tynset, Norway, see Yset.
Kvikne is a former municipality that was part of the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 1,153-square-kilometre (445 sq mi) municipality of Kvikne existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1966 when it was split between the present-day municipalities of Tynset (in what is now Innlandet county) and Rennebu (in what is now Trøndelag county). The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kvikne where Kvikne Church is located.[3]
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Kvikne Municipality
Kvikne herred | |
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Coordinates: 62°34′56″N 10°17′14″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Hedmark |
District | Østerdalen |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1966 |
• Succeeded by | Tynset and Rennebu |
Administrative centre | Kvikne |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 1,153 km2 (445 sq mi) |
Population (1966) | |
• Total | 1,084 |
• Density | 0.94/km2 (2.4/sq mi) |
Demonym | Kviknedøl[1] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-0440[2] |
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Copper mining and soapstone quarries were historically significant industries in the municipality.[3]