Official Name: | Fåvang |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Innlandet |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Gudbrandsdalen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Ringebu Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.96 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 720 |
Population Density Km2: | 750 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2634 Fåvang |
Coordinates: | 61.4554°N 10.1947°W |
Elevation M: | 191 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Fåvang is a village in Ringebu Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley, along the Gudbrandsdalslågen river, about north of the town of Lillehammer. The European route E6 highway runs through the village, right along the river. The 0.96km2 village has a population (2021) of 720 and a population density of .[2]
Fåvang Stave Church (Fåvang kirke) was built after the Reformation, for the most part of using materials from earlier stave churches in the valley which had been demolished. The church was probably built between 1627 and 1630. The oldest parts can be dated back to around 1150–1250.[3]
Particularly heavy fighting took place in Fåvang, as well as neighboring Tretten, Vinstra, Kvam, Sjoa and Otta during the Norwegian Campaign which led up to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. The Norwegian movie Jonny Vang was principally filmed in the town of Fåvang during 2003.
Fåvang is located about away from Kvitfjell, the downhill skiing arena used in the Lillehammer Winter Olympics held in 1994.
The village (and church parish) is named after the old Fåvang farm (non|Fǫðvangr) since the first Fåvang Church was built there. The first element is the river name Få (see also Fådalen and the old name of Lysakerelva) and the last element is vangr which means 'meadow'.