Bergset is the administrative centre of Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the river Renaelva, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the village of Otnes in the largely rural Østerdalen valley. The 1-square-kilometre (250-acre) village has a population (2012) of 243 and a population density of 245 inhabitants per square kilometre (630/sq mi).[2][3]

Bergset
Village
View of the village community centre
View of the village community centre
Bergset is located in Innlandet
Bergset
Bergset
Location of the village
Bergset is located in Norway
Bergset
Bergset
Bergset (Norway)
Coordinates: 61°53′29″N 11°04′40″E / 61.89126°N 11.07769°E / 61.89126; 11.07769
CountryNorway
RegionEastern Norway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictØsterdalen
MunicipalityRendalen Municipality
Elevation321 m (1,053 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
2484 Rendalen
Øvre Rendal Church

Bergset was also the administrative centre of the former municipality of Øvre Rendal which is now a part of Rendalen. Øvre Rendal Church, built in 1761, is located in Bergset. The Rendalen Village Museum in Bergset contains a collection relating to the author Jacob Breda Bull (1853–1930), who was a resident of Rendalen. Bull was buried in the nearby Ytre Rendal Church.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Bergset, Rendalen". yr.no. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2012). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  3. ^ Olsen Haugen, Morten, ed. (25 January 2022). "Bergset". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Rendalen Bygdemuseum". museainordosterdalen. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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