Nord-Trøndelag

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Nord-Trøndelag fylke

County
Region	Trøndelag
Administrative centre	Steinkjer
County mayor	Inger Lise Gjørv
Area  - Total  - Percentage	Ranked 6 22,412 km² 6.83 %
Population  - Total (2005)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  - Population density>Density	Ranked 16 128,444 2.80 % 0.2 % 6/km²
Gross Regional Product  - Total (2001)  - Percentage  - GRP/capita	24,810 million Norwegian krone>NOK 1.63 % 194,803 NOK

Nord-Trøndelag is a county in the central Norwegian region called Trøndelag.

Geography

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.

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.

Communications

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. Hurtigruten calls at Rørvik in Vikna.

History

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.

Districts

The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. From south to north, these are Stjørdalen, Innherad and Namdalen.

Municipalities

Nord-Trøndelag has a total of 24 municipalities:

Flatanger Fosnes Frosta Grong Høylandet Inderøy Leka Leksvik Levanger Lierne Meråker Mosvik

Nærøy Namdalseid Namsos Namsskogan Overhalla Røyrvik Snåsa Steinkjer Stjørdal Verdal Verran Vikna

Counties of Norway
Akershus | Aust-Agder | Buskerud | Finnmark | Hedmark | Hordaland | Møre og Romsdal | Nordland | Nord-Trøndelag | Oppland | Oslo | Østfold | Rogaland | Sogn og Fjordane | Sør-Trøndelag | Telemark | Troms | Vest-Agder | Vestfold

 

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