Tretten
Village in Øyer Municipality, Norway
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::summary Village in Øyer Municipality, Norway ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Tretten |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | FV357 Tretten sentrum.jpg |
| image_caption | View of the village |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 11 |
| mapframe-marker | village |
| pushpin_map | Innlandet#Norway |
| pushpin_label_position | top |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Norway |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Eastern Norway |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Innlandet |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Gudbrandsdalen |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Øyer Municipality |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +01:00 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +02:00 |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 1.22 |
| population_as_of | 2024 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 861 |
| population_density_km2 | 706 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 2635 Tretten |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 189 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| :: |
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Tretten is a village in Øyer Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the Losna lake, which is part of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river. Tretten is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley, along the Gudbrandsdalslågen river in the southern part of the municipality. It is located along the European route E6 highway, about 25 km north of the town of Lillehammer. The municipal center of Tingberg lies about 5 km to the southeast of Tretten.
The 1.22 km2 village has a population (2024) of 861 and a population density of 706 PD/km2.
History
The village had its own sports team Tretten IL until 1990, when a merger created Øyer-Tretten IF. The village is also the site of Tretten Church which serves the northern part of the municipality.
Tretten was the location of the biggest train disaster in Norway's history. The Tretten train disaster occurred on 22 February 1975 when two passenger trains collided head on. The tragedy resulted in 27 people being killed.
On 15 August 2022, the Tretten Bridge over the Gudbrandsdalslågen river completely collapsed; it had beams of glued laminated timber and others of weathering steel. There were no fatalities. One vehicle driver was rescued by helicopter and the driver of a car escaped by himself.
Name
The village (and church parish) is named after the old Tretten farm ( or Þróttvin) since the first church was built there. This farm is now named Prestgarden which means 'the vicarage'. The first element of the name is þróttr which means 'force' or 'power'. The last element is vin which means 'meadow'. The farm is lying close to the river Moksa, and the first element is probably referring to the stream and the waterfalls in the river here.
References
References
- "Tretten, Øyer". [[yr.no]].
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2024-10-01). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- Jessel, Ella. (15 August 2022). "Timber bridge in Norway 'built to last 100 years' collapses after a decade".
- (2022-08-31). "Vegvesenet verderte forbud mot stålet som ble brukt på tretten bru". [[Dagsavisen]].
- Nilsen, Sondre. (2022-08-26). "Ni teorier om Tretten". [[Verdens Gang]].
- (2022-08-18). "Ekspert om brokollapsen: − En ingeniør ville neppe kommet opp med en slik bro". [[Verdens Gang]].
- "Drivers rescued after Norway bridge collapse". BBC News.
- (16 August 2022). "Car plunges into water as Norwegian bridge collapses". ABC News.
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