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This article is about the village in Odda, Norway. For the former municipality in
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county. In 1838, Røldal became a its own municipality which existed until 1964 when it was merged into
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of Røldal has been part of three different dioceses over the centuries. It originally belonged to the
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The 0.65-square-kilometre (160-acre) village has a population (2019) of 353 and a
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Tourists visit Røldal for a number of reasons. The centuries-old
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of 543 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,410/sq mi).
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