Gausdal

Gausdal is a municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway. Follebu is a township and sub-parish in eastern Gausdal.

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The Gausdal coat-of-arms shows the mountain Skeikampen in profile.

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Gausdal is bordered on the northwest by S?r-Fron municipality, on the northeast by Ringebu and ?yer, on the southeast by Lillehammer, on the south by ], on the southwest by Nord-Aurdal and ?ystre Slidre.

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The famous Peer Gynt mountain road begins here and leads to Vinstra.

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A popular ski area is located on the south slope of Skeikampen mountain.

Municipality: A municipality or "general-purpose district" (compare with: "special-purpose district") is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government....

County: Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. Counts are called "earls" in post-Celtic Great Britain and Ireland - the term is from Old Norse jarl and was introduced by the Vikings - but there is no correlation between "county" and "earldom." Rather, t...

Norway: The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters. It has a very elongated form and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where Norway'...