Vestre Slidre Municipality

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Vestre Slidre is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Slidre. Other villages in the municipality include Lomen and Røn.

The Template:Convert municipality is the 219th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vestre Slidre Municipality is the 275th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,142. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has decreased by 3.4% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

General information

Einang stone, located at its original location atop the Gardberg site

The municipality of Vestre Slidre was established in 1849 when the old Slidre Municipality was divided into two municipalities: Vestre Slidre Municipality (population: 3,130) and Øystre Slidre Municipality (population: 2,406). On 1 January 1899, a small unpopulated part of Øystre Slidre Municipality was transferred to Vestre Slidre Municipality.<ref name="Dag">Template:Cite web</ref>

Historically, the municipality was part of the old Oppland county. On 1 January 2020, the municipality became a part of the newly-formed Innlandet county (after Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged).<ref>Template:Cite SNL</ref>

On 1 January 2021, the Skjelgrenda area of Vestre Slidre Municipality was transferred to Øystre Slidre Municipality.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Slidre farm (Template:Langx) since the old Slidredomen church was built there. The name is probably derived from the word Template:Wikt-lang which means "sheath" (which is probably referring to a long depression near the church). In 1849, the municipality (and parish) was divided into two separate municipalities. The word Template:Wikt-lang (meaning "western") was added to the beginning of the name. Thus, the meaning of the name Vestre Slidre is "(the) western (part of) Slidre".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:See also

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted by royal decree on 20 November 1987. The official blazon is "Azure, a sea-leaf within a tressure invected on the outer edge and engrailed on the inner edge argent" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a heart-shaped seeblatt design with a tressure border around the edge of the escutcheon. The charge has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The design is based on a heraldic decoration found in the local Slidredomen church that dates back to the year 1170. The design was originally part of a seal that belonged to a medieval nobleman from the area. The arms were designed by Kari Ruud Flem. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Churches

The Church of Norway has three parishes (Template:Lang) within Vestre Slidre Municipality. It is part of the Valdres prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

Churches in Vestre Slidre Municipality
Parish (Template:Lang) Church name Location of the church Year built
Lomen Lomen Church Lomen 1914
Lomen Stave Church Lomen 1179
Røn Røn Church Røn 1747
Øyjar Chapel Øyjar 1963
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  • The ruins of Mo church (Template:Langx) are located on the west side of the Slidrefjorden. The medieval church of stone was built around the year 1215 and was probably out of use after the Reformation. The ruins were excavated and restored from 1972–1977.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Slidredomen, a medieval stone-built church, was once the main church for all of Valdres. The church is built around the year 1170. The church is entirely made of stone. Its treasures formerly included a chalice presented by Bishop Salomon of Oslo (1322–1352), the only Bishop in Norway to survive the Black Death. Slidredomen is also known to have had a local bishop.<ref name="Stagg" />
  • Lomen Stave Church is located in the small village of Lomen. It was built around the year 1170. The exterior of the present Lomen Church is post-Reformation, and only the wall and roof timbers remain from the original building.<ref name="Stagg" />

History

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Vestre Slidre by country of origin in 2017<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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High above the village of Slidre, there is an ancient burial ground called the Gardberg site. At this site, there is a runestone which reads I Godguest wrote the runes. This stone is known as the Einang stone (Template:Langx).

The area of today's Vestre Sildre Municipality are prominently discussed in the Old Norse Sagas:

  • According to the Sagas, Harald Fairhair was the first Norwegian king (872–930) of Norway. In 866, he made the first of a series of conquests over a number of petty kingdoms. One of the encounters leading to the overall conquest was with Skallagrim Kveldulvssøn in Vestre Slidre. In 872, after winning the Battle of Hafrsfjord near Stavanger, he found himself king of the whole country.<ref name="Stagg">Template:Cite book</ref>
  • In the Heimskringla attributed to Snorri Sturluson, it is recorded that in 1023 King Olav came unannounced from Sogn as part of his campaign to Christianize Norway. At Slidre, he caught the peasants unaware and secured all their boats. As a condition for having their boats restored, they accepted Christianity.<ref name="Stagg" />

Government

Vestre Slidre Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">Template:Cite SNL</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Vestoppland og Valdres District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

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Mayors

The mayor (Template:Langx) of Vestre Slidre Municipality is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position:<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col

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Geography

View over Lomen from the Gardberg site, with Vang Municipality slightly to the left and Jotunheimen in the background. Down by the lake and to the right is Lomen.

Vestre Slidre Municipality is bordered to the northwest by Vang Municipality, to the northeast by Øystre Slidre Municipality, to the east by Nord-Aurdal Municipality, and to the southwest by Hemsedal Municipality (in Buskerud county). Vestre Slidre Municipality is part of the Valdres region in south-central Norway. It is situated between the Gudbrandsdal and Hallingdal valleys.

The municipality is located along the river Begna and its surrounding valley. There are several lakes in the municipalities including Helin, Øyangen, Slidrefjorden, and Strondafjorden. The highest point in the municipality is the Template:Convert tall point on the mountain Blåkampen (it is not at the peak of Blåkampen, but the a lower secondary peak on the south side of the mountain).<ref name="elev" />

Notable people

References

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