Fåvang
Sign in to saveFåvang is a village in Ringebu Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley, along the Gudbrandsdalslågen river, about north of the town of Lillehammer. The European route E6 highway runs through the village, right along the river. The village has a population (2024) of 712 and a population density of .
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Within Vinony's link graph, Fåvang is referenced by 15 other articles, and connects out to Gudbrandsdalen, Norway and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Populated places on the Gudbrandsdalslågen, Ringebu Municipality and Villages in Innlandet.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
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- Fåvang
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- Village
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- Fåvang kirke.JPG
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- View of the village church
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- yes
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- 11
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
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- Innlandet#Norway
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- top
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- Country
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- Norway
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- Region
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- Eastern Norway
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- County
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- Innlandet
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- District
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- Gudbrandsdalen
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- Municipality
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 723
- Area
- 0.96
- Image
- Fåvangflom.jpg
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Fåvang is a village in Ringebu Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley, along the Gudbrandsdalslågen river, about north of the town of Lillehammer. The European route E6 highway runs through the village, right along the river. The village has a population (2024) of 712 and a population density of .
== History == Fåvang Stave Church (Fåvang stavkirke) was built after the Reformation, for the most part of using materials from earlier stave churches in the valley which had been demolished. The church was probably built between 1627 and 1630. The oldest parts can be dated back to around 1150–1250.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fåvang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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3 mapped locations