Tretten
Village
View of the village
View of the village
Tretten is located in Innlandet
Tretten
Tretten
Location of the village
Tretten is located in Norway
Tretten
Tretten
Tretten (Norway)
Coordinates: 61°18′52″N 10°18′02″E / 61.31438°N 10.30057°E / 61.31438; 10.30057
CountryNorway
RegionEastern Norway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictGudbrandsdalen
MunicipalityØyer Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
189 m (620 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total860
 • Density707/km2 (1,830/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
2635 Tretten

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 kilometres (16 mi) north of the town of Lillehammer. The municipal center of Tingberg lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the southeast of Tretten.

The 1.22-square-kilometre (300-acre) village has a population (2021) of 860 and a population density of 707 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,830/sq mi).[1]

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;[3] it had beams of glued laminated timber and others of weathering steel.[4][5][6] There were no fatalities. One vehicle driver was rescued by helicopter and the driver of a car escaped by himself.[7][8]

Name

The village (and church parish) is named after the old Tretten farm (Old Norse: Þrœttin 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2021). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Tretten, Øyer". yr.no. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. ^ Jessel, Ella (15 August 2022). "Timber bridge in Norway 'built to last 100 years' collapses after a decade". New Civil Engineer. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. ^ https://www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/2022/08/31/vegvesenet-vurderte-forbud-mot-stalet-som-ble-brukt-pa-tretten-bru/ [Public Roads Administration was considering a ban on the (type of) steel - used on Tretten Bridge]. Dagsavisen. Retrieved 31 August 2022
  5. ^ https://www.vg.no/spesial/2022/tretten-bro-kollapsen/ [Nine theories about Tretten]. VG.no. 26 August 2022
  6. ^ [https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i /EadR7l/ekspert-om-brokollapsen-en-ingenioer-ville-neppe-kommet-opp-med-en-slik-bro Ekspert om brokollapsen: − En ingeniør ville neppe kommet opp med en slik bro] [Expert about the bridge collapse: − An engineer would likely not have come up with a bridge like this]. 2022-08-18. VG.no
  7. ^ "Drivers rescued after Norway bridge collapse". BBC News. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Car plunges into water as Norwegian bridge collapses". ABC News. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.


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