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| County | Sør-Trøndelag | |
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| Municipality | NO-1640 | |
| Administrative centre | Røros | |
| Mayor (2003) | John Helge Andersen (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 32 1,956 km² 1,758 km² 0.60 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 174 5,632 0.12 % 4.6 % 3/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.roros.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1640) | ||
Røros is a town and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.
Known for its copper mines, it is one of Norway's two nationally significant mining towns with activity starting in the 17th century (the other one being the "silver-town" Kongsberg).
Røros and its people were made famous in the Norwegian audience at the turn of the 20th century by author Johan Falkberget, who told the story of the mining community from the perspective of the hard-tested miners at the bottom of the social ladder.
The town is on the UNESCO World heritage list.
External links
- Røros info (also in English) (http://www.rorosinfo.com/)
- UNESCO Røros entry (http://whc.unesco.org/sites/55.htm)
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