Røros is a town and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county - part of the Gauldalen region. Røros was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 and was split into four municipalities on 1 January 1926 (Røros town, Røros landsogn, Brekken, and Glåmos), but these four were merged together again on 1 January 1964.

Røros municipality has been used by the South Sami people for reindeer herding up until today. Known for its copper mines, Røros is one of Norways two nationally significant mining towns with activity starting in the 17th century - the other one being the "silver-town" Kongsberg.

Attribution: wikipedia (last visited December 24, 2010).