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Høylandet (a Norwegian word meaning ''the highlands'') may refer to: Places * Høylandet Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Høylandet (village), a village in Høylandet Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Høylandet Church, a church in Høylandet Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Høylandet School, a school in Høylandet Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway See also * Høilandet (other), an old-fashioned spelling of Høylandet {{dab, geo ...
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Høylandet Municipality
Høylandet is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Høylandet. Other villages include Kongsmoen and Vassbotna. The municipality is the 150th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Høylandet is the 319th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,222. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 2.8% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Høylandet was established on 1 January 1901 when it was separated from the large Grong Municipality. Initially, the population of Høylandet Municipality was 1,046. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the Kongsmoen area (population: 221) of eastern Foldereid Municipality was merged into Høylandet Municipality. On that same date the ''Galguft ...
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Høylandet Church
Høylandet Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Høylandet Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Høylandet. It is the main church for the Høylandet parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built by Knut Grut in a long church style in 1860 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 250 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1543, but the church has a woven tapestry in its inventory that dates back to the late 12th century, so that the church may have been founded around that time. The first church here was a stave church that was located about northwest of the present church site. The old church was known as Romstad Church and it was an annex church under the main Ranem Church. In 1597, the church was described in existing records that it was a very old ...
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Høylandet (village)
Høylandet is the administrative centre of Høylandet Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located lies along the river Søråa in the southern part of the municipality, about northeast of the village of Vassbotna and about northwest of the village of Gartland (and access to the European route E6 highway and the Nordlandsbanen railway). The Norwegian County Road 17 runs through Høylandet. Høylandet Church is located on the north side of the village. The village has a population (2024) of 370 and a population density of . Name The name of the village (and municipality) comes from the Old Norse form of the name: ''Høylandir''. The first element is ''høy'' which means " hay" and the last element is the plural form of ''land'' which means "land" or "region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), hum ...
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Høylandet School
Høylandet (a Norwegian word meaning ''the highlands'') may refer to: Places *Høylandet Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Høylandet (village), a village in Høylandet Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Høylandet Church, a church in Høylandet Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Høylandet School, a school in Høylandet Municipality Høylandet is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Høylandet. Other villages include Kongsmoen and Vassbotna. The municipality is the ... in Trøndelag county, Norway See also * Høilandet (other), an old-fashioned spelling of Høylandet {{dab, geo ...
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