Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag is a
county in the central
Norwegian region called
Trøndelag.
Nord-Trøndelag borders
Nordland to the north,
Sør-Trøndelag to the south,
Sweden to the east and the
Norwegian Sea to the west. The county seat is
Steinkjer, with 20,527 inhabitants (
2005). The largest lake is
Snåsavatnet and the largest
river is
Namsen, one of the best
salmon rivers in Europe. There are many other rivers as well.
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Skarnsund Bridge crossing the narrowest strait in Trondheimsfjord |
A large part of the population lives near the large
Trondheimsfjord, which is a central feature of the southern part of this county. Considerable areas on the eastern shore of the fjord (mainly in
Stjørdal,
Frosta,
Levanger,
Inderøy,
Verdal and
Steinkjer) are fertile agricultural lowland, with
grain fields and
vegetables. Together with the grain fields in the
Namdalen lowland, this forms the most northern grain cultivation area in Norway today.
There are fairly large areas of
spruce forest inland, and mountains near the border with Sweden, and coastal mountains with bare rock at the northern coast. There are several national parks in the county, among them
Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella National Park,
Børgefjell National Park,
Lierne National Park and
Skarvan og Roltdalen National Park.
Trondheim Airport, Værnes, located in Stjørdal, is the main airport in the county. There are small airports in
Namsos and
Vikna. The
E6 runs through the interior of the county, as does the
railway from Trondheim to
Bodø. There are also several roads east to Sweden, and the
Trondheim -
Stockholm railway runs through Stjørdal and
Meråker.
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Vikna is a large archipelago in the north |
Hurtigruten calls at Rørvik in
Vikna.
People have lived in this region for thousands of years (see
Rock carvings in Central Norway). The Trøndelag region was central in the
viking age. The most famous battle in norwegian history, the
Battle of Stiklestad, took place at
Stiklestad in
Verdal.
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Hell is located in Stjørdal. The name means luck. |
The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. From south to north, these are
Stjørdalen,
Innherad and
Namdalen.
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Location of Nord-Trøndelag Municipalities |
Nord-Trøndelag has a total of 24 municipalities:
