Decorah
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40° 43′ 56″ N 91° 57′ 47″ W / 40.732222, -91.963056
La ville de Decorah est le siège du comté de Winneshiek, dans l’État de l’Iowa, aux États-Unis. Elle comptait 1 066 habitants lors du recensement de 2000.
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La ville a été nommée en hommage au chef amérindien Waukon Decorah. Elle a été peuplée par des pionniers venus de Norvège. Aujourd’hui encore, Decorah abrite le Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum.
De 1874 à 1972, le plus grand journal en langue norvégienne du pays, le Decorah Posten, était publié à Decorah.
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Le centre-ville de Decorah
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Le tribunal du comté de Winneshiek
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Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
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