Tynset

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Tynset commune coat of arms
Tynset (Norway)
Tynset
Tynset
Basic data
Commune number : 3427
Province  (county) : Domestic
Coordinates : 62 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 62 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 46'  E
Surface: 1,880.5 km²
Residents: 5,578  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 3 inhabitants per km²
Language form : neutral
Postal code : 2500
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Railway connection: Rørosbanen
politics
Mayor : Merete Myhre Moen  ( Sp ) (2015)
Located in the province of Innlandet
Location of the municipality in the province of Innlandet

Tynset is a municipality in the Norwegian countryside of Østerdalen . It has the function of a middle center. The towns of Kvikne , Fåset and Savalen belong to it .

The municipality borders in the north on Rennebu municipality , in the northeast on Os , in the east on Tolga, in the south on Alvdal and in the west on Folldal .

The origin of the city lies at the confluence of the Tunna tributary into the Glomma . The original name Tønset means "settlement on the Tunna".

Tynset has a train station on the Rørosbanen , a branch line between Hamar and Storlien, which runs almost parallel to the main line Oslo – Trondheim .

In addition to a school center with various secondary levels, Tynset has a hospital and a number of commercial operations. The place is an important shopping center in the region.

Others

The writer Wolfgang Hildesheimer published a novel in 1965 called Tynset . Just as the narrator of the novel knew Hildesheim Tynset but only from the course book of Norges Statsbaner (NSB).

Personalities who were born in Tynset

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Individual evidence

  1. Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning