Hessdalen
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Hessdalen is a village and a 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long valley in the municipality of Holtålen
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located approximately 120 kilometres (74.6 mi) south of the city of Trondheim
, approximately 35 kilometres (21.7 mi) north of Røros
mining town, and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Ålen
/Renbygda
. About 150 people live in the valley.
In the central part of the valley is a village area also called Hessdalen. It is where Hessdalen Church
is located. The lake Øyungen
lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southwest of the village.
The Hessdalen area is known for the occasional occurrences of a sometimes ominous luminous phenomena called the Hessdalen light
s. The phenomenon is monitored by the Hessdalen AMS
.
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Holtålen
Holtålen is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ålen. Other villages include Hessdalen, Aunegrenda, Haltdalen, and Renbygda.-General information:...
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located approximately 120 kilometres (74.6 mi) south of the city of Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, approximately 35 kilometres (21.7 mi) north of Røros
Røros
is a town and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Other villages include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen....
mining town, and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Ålen
Ålen
Ålen is a village and a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is the administrative centre of the municipality of Holtålen. The former municipality encompassed the southeastern half of the present-day municipality of Holtålen....
/Renbygda
Renbygda
Renbygda is a village in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the east side of the village of Ålen. Both are located along the Gaula River and the Rørosbanen railway line. The lake Riasten lies about to the east.The village of Renbygda has a...
. About 150 people live in the valley.
In the central part of the valley is a village area also called Hessdalen. It is where Hessdalen Church
Hessdalen Church
Hessdalen Church is a parish church in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Hessdalen.The church was built in 1940 by architects John Egil Tverdahl and Arne S. Gynnild...
is located. The lake Øyungen
Øyungen
Øyungen is a lake in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies about southwest of Hessdalen....
lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southwest of the village.
The Hessdalen area is known for the occasional occurrences of a sometimes ominous luminous phenomena called the Hessdalen light
Hessdalen light
The Hessdalen Light is unexplained light usually seen in the Hessdalen valley in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway.-History and description:Unusual lights have been reported here since 1940s or earlier...
s. The phenomenon is monitored by the Hessdalen AMS
Hessdalen AMS
The Hessdalen Automatic Measurement Station is an automatically working observation station in the Hessdalen area in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is used for registering Hessdalen lights...
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Name
The first element is the river name Hesja and the last element is the definite form of dal, which means "daleDale (origin)
A dale is an open valley. The name is used when describing the physical geography of an area. It is used most frequently in the Lowlands of Scotland and in the North of England, where the term "fell" commonly refers to the mountains or hills that flank the dale.The word dale comes from the Old...
" or "valley
Valley
In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...
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