Støren Church
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Støren Church is a parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the municipality of Midtre Gauldal
Midtre Gauldal
Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren...

 in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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 county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The church is located in the village of Støren
Støren
is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality is located in the north-central part of the present-day municipality of Midtre Gauldal. The municipal center of Støren was the village of Støren, where Støren Church is located....

. The red octagonal building was built in 1817 to replace a church from 1730.

The church is part of the Støren
Støren
is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality is located in the north-central part of the present-day municipality of Midtre Gauldal. The municipal center of Støren was the village of Støren, where Støren Church is located....

 parish in Midtre Gauldal
Midtre Gauldal
Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren...

 which is part of the Gauldal deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...

 in the Diocese of Nidaros
Diocese of Nidaros
Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into 12 deaneries . Finn Wagle was the bishop from 1991 to 2008...

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See also

  • Budal Church
    Budal Church
    Budal Church is a parish church in the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Enodden...

  • Singsås Church
    Singsås Church
    Singsås Church is a parish church in the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Singsås. The church was built in 1884 and seats about 450 people...

  • Soknedal Church
    Soknedal Church
    Soknedal Church is a parish church in the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Soknedal. The big white church was built in 1933 to replace the former building which had previously burned down...

  • List of churches in Sør-Trøndelag
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