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Vang i Valdres
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''Disambiguation: the municipality in Hedmark with the name
Vang is now incorporated into
Hamar .''
is a
Municipality in the
County of Oppland,
Norway .
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Vang is bordered to the north by the municipalities
Lom and
Vågå , to the east by
Øystre Slidre , to the southeast by
Vestre Slidre and to the south by
Hemsedal in the county of
Buskerud , to the west by
Lærdal and
Årdal in the county of
Sogn Og Fjordane .
Vang is part of the
Valdres region in central, southern
Norway . This region is situated between
Gudbrandsdal and
Hallingdal .
Vang municipality is 56 km on a north-south axis and 47.3 km on an east-west axis. The highest point is Kalvehøgdi with a height of 2208 meters above sea-level.
Three quarters of the region is above 900 meters. Five percent of the area is covered by water. The lowest point is 363 meters above sea-level.
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Vang, like the rest of Valdres, was originally populated by migrants from
Vestlandet . In 1153, recognizing this,
Cardinal Breakspear included these valleys in the Diocese of
Stavanger .
The ancient church of Vang was the site of a legal court (
Thing ) held by
Haakon VI in 1368. Here, he settled a boundary dispute. The boundary stone which resulted stands to this day.
High up the slopes of
Filefjell is the site of Nystua, where travellers found refuge as they passed across the divide into
Vestlandet . On the other side of the pass, Maristua was erected at the direction of
Queen Margaret circa 1390. Although Nystua is first mentioned in 1627, it is undoubtedly older. These refuges were maintained by the state until 1830.
''Smeddalen'' (Smith's Valley) immediately to the west of Nystua, was for centuries the site of the church of
St. Thomas (''St. Thomas på Filefjell''). The earliest reference to it is in 1615, but it was apparently a stave church, so would have been much older. According to F.N. Stagg “It was reconditioned (c. 1615)… the priest at Vang preached there once a year–on July 2nd… many sought cures for their ailments in the miraculous powers possessed by splinters from its timbers…” A market grew up near the church as a result of the July 2nd service. “Horses were traded, races run, heavy drinking indulged in and many a fight ensued.” Markets continued to be held near the church until the 19th century, but as a result of fighting and general unrest in connection with the market days the church was torn down in 1808. A new church was built on the site in 1971.
''East Norway and its Frontier'' by Frank Noel Stagg, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. 1956
