Fåvang
Coordinates: 61°27′20″N 10°11′40″E / 61.45556°N 10.19444°E
Fåvang is a village and parish in the municipality of Ringebu, in Oppland county, Norway.
Fåvang is located in south of the valley and traditional district of the Gudbrand Valley, 51 kilometers north of Lillehammer. On the west side of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river, about three kilometers away from the centre of Fåvang is Kvitfjell, the downhill skiing arena used in the Lillehammer Winter Olympics held in 1994. The population of the village was 687 (2009).
Particularly heavy fighting took place in Fåvang, as well as neighboring Tretten, Vinstra, Kvam, Sjoa and Otta during the Norwegian Campaign which let up to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. The Norwegian movie Jonny Vang was principally filmed in the town of Fåvang during 2003.
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