Roros ( Nor. Røros , South Sami Plassje ) is a city and commune in Norway , in the county of Sør-Trøndelag . Center of the same municipality. It is located near the border with Sweden , at the confluence of the Roa River into the longest Glomma River in Norway, the source of which is located in the municipality. The city center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
| commune of Norway | |||
| Roros | |||
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| Norwegian Rosros | |||
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| A country |  Norway | ||
| Historical region | Trøndelag | ||
| Province (fülke) | Sør-Trøndelag | ||
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| Population ( 2008 ) | 5558 people | ||
| Density | 3.2 people / km² | ||
| Officer tongue | neutral | ||
| Population change over 10 years | % | ||
| Square | 1956.39 km² | ||
| • percentage of water - 10.1% | |||
| Coordinates of the administrative center: | |||
| The mayor | Hans Winterwall ( Norwegian Labor Party ) | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 Code | NO-1640 | ||
| http://www.roros.kommune.no (Norwegian) | |||
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Since the 17th century, Roros has been an important center for copper mining. Twice - in 1678 and 1679 - it was burned to the ground by the Swedish army during the Danish-Swedish war . After the war, the right to develop copper deposits passed to the German banker Joachim Irgens , the most important creditor of the Danish crown, who received the title of Baron von Westerwick and became one of the richest tycoons in Scandinavia. Roros was again captured by the Swedish troops in 1718 during the Northern War , but later the Swedes were forced to leave the city and retreat to the mountains, where more than 3,000 soldiers died from the cold.
In the center of Roros, many wooden buildings from the heyday of mining have survived. In 1980, Roros was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List .
Roros is located on the Rorusskaya railway line connecting Oslo and Trondheim through the Glomma Valley. The city also has an airport with regular flights to Oslo ( Widerøe airline).
The lowest recorded temperature in Roros is −50.4 ° C (1914), making it the coldest place in Norway south of Finnmark .
In the municipality of Roros, the southernmost of the traditional Sami dialects is common, attributed to the South Sami language .
The Norwegian artist of the late XIX - early XX, Harald Solberg , who lived in the city for two years, is famous for his views of Rörus.
