Slidre (municipality)

Slidre is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 1,337-square-kilometre (516 sq mi) municipality^[3][4] existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1849 when it was divided into Vestre Slidre Municipality and Øystre Slidre Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Slidre.^[5]

Slidre Municipality Slidre herred
Former municipality
Oppland within Norway
Slidre within Oppland
Coordinates: 61°05′17″N 8°58′53″E
Country	Norway
County	Oppland
District	Valdres
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 1849
• Succeeded by	Vestre Slidre and Øystre Slidre
Administrative centre	Slidre
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	1,337 km2 (516 sq mi)
Population  (1849)
• Total	5,536
• Density	4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Demonym	Slidring[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0543[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The prestegjeld of Slidre was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The municipality did not exist very long. On 1 January 1849, the municipality was divided into Vestre Slidre Municipality (population: 3,130) and Øystre Slidre Municipality (population: 2,406).^[6]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Slidre farm (Old Norse: Slíðrar or Slíðrir) since the historic Slidre Church was built there during the 12th century. The meaning of the name is not definitively known. It may be derived from the word slir which comes from the Old Norse word slíðr which means "sheath" (which is probably referring to a long depression near the church).^[7][5]

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway