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Røros (town)
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<p><i>Rørosⓘ</i> or <i>Plaassja</i> (<a href="/facts/Southern_Sami_language/Phpm9A8e">Southern Sami</a>) is the <a href="/facts/Administrative_centre/jyz1zfzk">administrative centre</a> of <a href="/facts/R%25C3%25B8ros_Municipality/rsFABuqm">Røros Municipality</a> in <a href="/facts/Tr%25C3%25B8ndelag/cBAq1qez">Trøndelag</a> county, Norway. The town is located along the river Hyttelva and along the <a href="/facts/R%25C3%25B8rosbanen/PMQ5NPjz">Rørosbanen</a> railway line, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the village of <a href="/facts/Gl%25C3%25A5mos/S591kf0a">Glåmos</a> and about the same distance north of the village of <a href="/facts/Os_i_%25C3%2598sterdalen/mpaRJDya">Os i Østerdalen</a> in neighboring <a href="/facts/Innlandet/fyrFng0W">Innlandet</a> county. </p><p>The 3.31-square-kilometre (820-acre) town has a population (2024) of 3,909 and a <a href="/facts/Population_density/70zGTCFc">population density</a> of 1,181 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,060/sq mi). </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Mining_town/hpBYgDHC">mining town</a> of Røros is sometimes called <i>Bergstaden</i>, which means "the rock town", due to its historical copper mining. It is one of two towns in Norway that were historically designated as a <i><a href="/facts/Bergstad/BECC7KNH">bergstad</a></i> or "mining town", along with the "silver-town" of <a href="/facts/Kongsberg_(town)/zgRtK03u">Kongsberg</a> in <a href="/facts/Buskerud/Xog8zfGQ">Buskerud</a> county. The <i>bergstad</i> formerly had special rights as a mining town, slightly different from those of other <a href="/facts/List_of_towns_and_cities_in_Norway/ybS1Q6YA">towns/cities in Norway</a>. Because of this, it is sometimes referred to as a town, despite the actual classification being a <a href="/facts/Bergstad/BECC7KNH">bergstad</a>. </p><p>Many modern-day inhabitants of Røros still work and live in the characteristic 17th- and 18th-century buildings which have led to its designation as a <a href="/facts/UNESCO/QSbkRv3o">UNESCO</a> <a href="/facts/World_Heritage_Site/6AbWWKV4">World Heritage Site</a> in 1980. The town of Røros has about 80 historic wooden houses, most of them standing around courtyards. Many retain their dark pitch-log facades, giving the town a medieval appearance. There are also two churches in the town. The large and historic <a href="/facts/R%25C3%25B8ros_Church/C5KrCu1n">Røros Church</a> and the relatively new, but unique-looking <a href="/facts/R%25C3%25B8ros_Chapel/AFMQ5wIR">Røros Chapel</a>. </p>