Valdres vidaregåande skule
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Valdres videregåande skule is a high school
located in the Valdres
area of eastern Norway
. The school is the primary high school for the vast majority of students in the greater Valdres area, and offers a relatively broad range of subjects.
Since distances in the area are quite big, many students live in small apartments closer to the school (e.g. students from the areas farthest away may take up to an hour of travel every day by bus just to get to school).
The school was until 2001 split in two sections, one in Leira and another at Fagernes
, but a new building and heavy investment from the municipal extended the Leira section to cover all the students.
At the time of writing, the principal is Kjell Rudberg, and the student count is generally around 500.
High school
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located in the Valdres
Valdres
Valdres is a traditional district in central, southern Norway, situated between Gudbrandsdal and Hallingdal.Administratively, Valdres belongs to Oppland. It consists of the municipalities Nord-Aurdal, Sør-Aurdal, Øystre Slidre, Vestre Slidre, Vang and Etnedal. The main town in the region is...
area of eastern 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 school is the primary high school for the vast majority of students in the greater Valdres area, and offers a relatively broad range of subjects.
Since distances in the area are quite big, many students live in small apartments closer to the school (e.g. students from the areas farthest away may take up to an hour of travel every day by bus just to get to school).
The school was until 2001 split in two sections, one in Leira and another at Fagernes
Fagernes
is the largest settlement in the valley of Valdres, Norway, with a population of 1,801. Fagernes is the administrative centre of the municipality of Nord-Aurdal.See video from the Fagernes Town : *...
, but a new building and heavy investment from the municipal extended the Leira section to cover all the students.
At the time of writing, the principal is Kjell Rudberg, and the student count is generally around 500.