Village in Røros Municipality, Norway
Village in Central Norway, Norway
Glåmos (Norwegian) or Kloemege (Southern Sami)[3] is a mountain village in Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the river Glåma, just west of the lake Aursunden, and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the town of Røros. It is the location of the Glåmos Church and the Glåmos Station which sits along the Rørosbanen railway.[4]
The 0.34-square-kilometre (84-acre) village had a population (2000) of 202 and a population density of 594 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,540/sq mi). Since 2000, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.[1]
History
The village has several old copper mines located nearby that used to supply the Røros Copper Works in the town of Røros.
The village was the administrative centre of the old Glåmos Municipality which existed from 1926 until 1964.[4]
Name
The first element of the name is the name of the river Glåma and the last element is os meaning the 'starting point of a river'. The river Glåma is considered to start near here at the end of the lake Aursunden.[4]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Glåmos include:
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