R�ros (Southern Sami: Plassje) is a town and municipality in S�r-Tr�ndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of R�ros. Other villages include Brekken, Gl�mos, Feragen, Gal�a, and Hitterdalen.
The mining town of R�ros is sometimes called Bergstaden which means "the mining town" due to its historical notoriety for copper mining. It is one of two towns in Norway that were historically designated "mining towns", along with the "silver-town" of Kongsberg. The modern-day inhabitants of R�ros still work and live in the characteristic 17th and 18th century buildings which have led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. R�ros has about 80 wooden houses, most of them standing around courtyards. Many retain their dark pitch-log facades, giving the town a medieval appearance.
The 3.47-square-kilometre (1.34 sq mi) town of R�ros has a population (2009) of 3,640. The population density of 1,049 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,720 /sq mi). The town is the administrative center of the municipality of R�ros. There are also two churches in the town: R�ros Church and R�ros Chapel.
The parish of R�ros was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1875, an unpopulated area of �len was transferred to R�ros. On 1 January 1926, R�ros was split into four municipalities: R�ros (town), R�ros landsogn, Brekken, and Gl�mos. This left the town of R�ros with 2,284 residents. On 1 January 1964, however, those four municipalities were merged back together under the name R�ros. Prior to the merger, R�ros (town) had 3,063 residents. On 21 April 1989, an unpopulated part of R�ros was transferred to Holt�len.The town is named after the old R�ros farm ("R�raas" around 1530), since the town was built on its ground. The first element is the river name R�a and the last element is osmeaning "mouth of a river" (the small river R�a runs into
