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Grong
Grong may refer to: Places *Grong Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Medjå Medjå or Grong is a village which serves as the administrative center of Grong Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the river Namsen, at the confluence with the river Sanddøla. The Nordland Line railway runs along th ... (or Grong), a village in Grong Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Grong Church, a church in Grong Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Grong Station, a railway station located in Grong Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Grong Grong, a small town that is located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia Music * Grong Grong (band), a punk rock band from Adelaide, South Australia * Grong Grong (album), the debut studio album of the band ''Grong Grong'' Other * Grong Sparebank, a Norwegian savings bank based in Grong Municipality {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grong Grong
Grong Grong is a small town that is located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is situated on the Newell Highway, east of Narrandera in the Narrandera Shire, Shire of Narrandera. The name ''Grong Grong'' is an Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal term meaning "bad camping ground" or "very bad camping ground". Bypass Grong Grong was bypassed in February 2018, to straighten the Newell Highway or A39 by about 2 kilometres and also to eliminate a notorious 25 km/h bend that had caused many accidents, especially trucks overturning. Demography Like many rural localities in the area, the population has progressively declined over a number of years, evidenced as follows: Facilities The Grong Grong post office was opened on 1 November 1881. The town has a railway station on the Hay railway line, Hay branch off the Main Southern railway line, New South Wales, Main Southern Line. However, the line has closed so with it has the station. Only part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grong Municipality
() is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Medjå (sometimes called ''Grong'' also). Other villages in the municipality include Bergsmoen, Formofoss, Gartland, and Harran, Norway, Harran. The municipality is the 97th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Grong is the 264th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,322. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 5.2% over the previous 10-year period. General information Grong was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1901, the northwestern district of Grong (population: 1,046) was separated to form the new Høylandet Municipality. On 1 January 1923, the large Grong Municipality was divided into four smaller municipalities: Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grong Grong (band)
Grong Grong were a punk rock band from Adelaide, South Australia. They formed in 1982 with Michael Farkas on vocals, synthesiser and saxophone, his half-brother Charlie Tolnay on guitar, George Klestinis on drums, and Dave Taskas on bass guitar. They disbanded in late 1984 after Farkas had overdosed and lapsed into a drug-induced coma for nine months. He recovered and worked in other bands including Hack. Grong Grong reformed in 2009 with Farkas, Klestinis and Tolnay joined by Nathan Dale on bass guitar; but disbanded again in 2013. They issued a self-titled album in 1984 and a live album, ''Live at the Sound Lounge'', in 2014. History Early years (1982–84) Grong Grong were named after Michael Farkas consumed acid on a road trip from Adelaide to Sydney. After losing his grip on reality, he arrived in the rural village Grong Grong, which Farkas found hilarious. While in Sydney trying to get in a club for free, he pretended to be in a band, Grong Grong, to gain acces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grong Grong (album)
''Grong Grong'' is the eponymously titled debut studio album of Grong Grong, released in 1986 by Aberrant Records. Reception Allmusic awarded ''Grong Grong'' two out of five possible stars. ''Spin'' compared the band favorably to The Birthday Party, saying "Grong's sound screeches and shimmers smoothly in vibrato-drowned squiggles" and that the songs "only hint at the dark, heavy, and twisted minds behind this flat black slab." Deborah Sprague of ''Trouser Press'' was especially complimentary towards guitarist Charles Tolnay, saying "where his fine abstract-expressionist guitar mist was subordinate to a series of overly pious Birthday Party eulogies like "Poor Herb" and "Louise the Fly." Track listing Personnel Adapted from the ''Grong Grong'' liner notes. Grong Grong * Michael Farkas – lead vocals, saxophone, synthesizer, mixing * George Klestines – drums, mixing * Dave Taskas – bass guitar, mixing * Charles Tolnay – guitar, mixing Produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medjå
Medjå or Grong is a village which serves as the administrative center of Grong Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the river Namsen, at the confluence with the river Sanddøla. The Nordland Line railway runs along the eastern part of the village, stopping at Grong Station. The European route E6 highway runs through the western edge of the village. Grong Church, the main church for the area, is also located in this village. The village has a population (2024) of 1,090 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ... of . References {{Authority control Villages in Trøndelag Grong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grong Station
Grong Station () is a railway station located in the village of Grong in Grong Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of .... It is located on the Nordlandsbanen railway, and the station opened in 1929. Starting on 1 April 1942, the restaurant operations was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap. The station was the eastern terminus of the Namsos Line until that was closed in 2002. References Railway stations in Trøndelag Railway stations on the Nordland Line Railway stations in Norway opened in 1929 Grong {{norway-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grong Church
Grong Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Grong Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Medjå, on the north side of the river Namsen. It is the church for the Grong parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1876 using plans drawn up by the architects Håkon Mosling and Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 260 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1520, but the crucifix in the church dates to the late-12th century, so the church may have been founded during that time period. The first church here was likely a stave church about west of the present church site. An inspection report from 1679 mentions this church, calling it an "ancient church" built with staves, but that due to its age an condition, people were worried that it might fall over in a large storm. Becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
