Rennebu

Rennebu kommune
Municipality
Map of the municipality
Coat of arms Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Rennebu within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 62°49′51″N 9°52′28″E / 62.83083°N 9.87444°E / 62.83083; 9.87444Coordinates: 62°49′51″N 9°52′28″E / 62.83083°N 9.87444°E / 62.83083; 9.87444
Country	Norway
County	Sør-Trøndelag
District	Orkdalen
Administrative centre	Berkåk
Government
• Mayor (2005)	Bjørn Rogstad (H)
Area
• Total	947.97 km2 (366.01 sq mi)
• Land	924.96 km2 (357.13 sq mi)
• Water	23.01 km2 (8.88 sq mi)
Area rank	114 in Norway
Population (2010)
• Total	2,622
• Rank	294 in Norway
• Density	2.8/km2 (7/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	-2.9 %
Demonym(s)	Rennbygg
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1635
Official language form	Neutral
Website	www.rennebu.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Rennebu is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Berkåk, located along European route E6. The majority of the population lives in Berkåk, Innset, Stamnan, Ulsberg, Voll, and Nerskogen.

The municipality of Rennebu was established in 1839 when it was separated from Meldal. Initially, the population was 2,368. On 1 January 1966, the parish of Innset (population: 420) was transferred from Kvikne (and also from Hedmark county) to Rennebu (and Sør-Trøndelag county). Then on 1 January 1970, the Garlia area (population: 5) was transferred from Tynset (and Hedmark county) to Rennebu (and Sør-Trøndelag).

The Old Norse form of the name was Rennabú. The first element is, maybe, the plural genitive case of renna which means "journey", "march", or "road". Probably because two old important roads cross the municipality: one follows the Orkla river from the Orkdalsfjord (part of the Trondheimsfjord) to the village of Berkåk where it connects with the road from the Gudbrand Valley and Oppdal to Gauldalen and Trondheim (today the European route E6). The last element is bú which means "rural district".