Glåmos (municipality)
Glåmos is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The short-lived municipality existed from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the northern part of what is now the municipality of Røros in Trøndelag county.
Glåmos Municipality
Glåmos herred | |
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Former municipality | |
View of Glåmos | |
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Glåmos within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 62.6714°N 11.4288°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Gauldalen |
| Established | 1926 |
| • Preceded by | Røros Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Røros Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Glåmos |
| Population (1964) | |
| • Total | 700 |
| Demonym | Glåmosing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1643 |
It included all the area around the headwaters of the river Glåma and the areas surrounding the northern and western sides of the lake Aursunden. The administrative centre was the village of Glåmos where Glåmos Church is located.
The municipality had some old copper mines located in the mountains near the village that used to supply the Røros Copper Works in the nearby town of Røros.
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