Grue, Norway
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| County | Hedmark | |
| District | Solør | |
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| Administrative centre | Kirkenær | |
| Mayor (2003) | Niels F. Rolsdorph (H) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | 837 Square kilometre>km² 777 km² 0.26 % | |
| Population - Total (as of 2004>2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 183 5,312 0.12 % -7.0 % 7/km² | |
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| [www.grue.kommune.no] [Data from Statistics Norway] | ||
Grue is situated around the river Glomma and the geography is dominated largely by forests and some agricultural areas around Glomma. Kirkenær (population 1200) is the administrative center of Grue. Grue is bordered on the south by the municipality of Kongsvinger, on the north by the municipality of Åsnes, and on the west by Nord-Odal. To the east it borders Sweden.
Grue was the early center for the Finnish migration which today populates the Finnskogen, a belt about 32 km (20 miles) wide and running continuously along the frontier in the districts of Brandval, Grue, Hof, Åsnes, and Våler. Their first population center in Norway was located around the lake of Røgden.
| Municipalities of Hedmark |
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| Alvdal | Eidskog | Elverum | Engerdal | Folldal | Grue | Hamar | Kongsvinger | Løten | Nord-Odal | Os | Rendalen | Ringsaker | Stange | Stor-Elvdal | Sør-Odal | Tolga | Trysil | Tynset | Våler | Åmot | Åsnes | |
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