Røros
Røros or Plaassja is the administrative centre of Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is located along the river Hyttelva and along the Rørosbanen railway line, about 10 kilometres south of the village of Glåmos and about the same distance north of the village of Os i Østerdalen in neighboring Innlandet county.
- Type: Locality with 5,570 residents
- Description: settlement in Røros Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Plaassja” and “Roros”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Røros Church and Røros Chapel.
Røros Church
Church
Photo: Mahlum, Public domain.
Røros
- Categories: mining community, town, administrative center, and urban area in Norway
- Location: Røros, Trøndelag, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.57468° or 62° 34′ 29″ north
Longitude
11.3842° or 11° 23′ 3″ east
Population
5,570
Elevation
640 metres (2,100 feet)
IATA airport code
RRS
UN/LOCODE
NO RRS
Open location code
9FJHH9FM+VM
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Røros” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Røros”
- Azerbaijani: “Röros”
- Belarusian: “Рорус”
- Bishnupriya: “রারোস”
- Bulgarian: “Рьорос”
- Cebuano: “Røros (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Røros”
- Chinese: “勒羅斯”
- Danish: “Bergstaden Røros”
- Dutch: “Røros”
- Estonian: “Røros”
- Estonian: “Rørosi vald”
- French: “Røros”
- Galician: “Røros”
- Georgian: “რიორუსი”
- German: “Røros”
- Hebrew: “ררוס”
- Icelandic: “Røros”
- Japanese: “レーロース”
- Lithuanian: “Rerusas”
- Lithuanian: “Riorusas”
- Low German: “Kommun Røros”
- Northern Sami: “Plassje”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Røros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bergstaden Røros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Røros”
- Persian: “رویروس”
- Russian: “Рёрус”
- Serbian: “Рерос”
- Slovenian: “Røros”
- Swedish: “Røros kommun”
- Swedish: “Røros”
- Urdu: “روروس (قصبہ)”
- Urdu: “روروس”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Øra and Haugan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Røros Station and Ulvstugguhaugen.
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