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*Snåsa Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Snåsa (village), a village in Snåsa Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Snåsa Church, a church built in 1200 in Snåsa Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Snåsa Station, a railway station in Snåsa Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Lake Snåsa, a lake in the municipalities of Snåsa and Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway {{dab, geo ...
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Snåsa Municipality
(Norwegian language, Norwegian; ) or ; /ˈsnɔ̯ɑse/ is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Snåsa (village), Snåsa. Other villages include Agle and Jørstad. The municipality is the 23rd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Snåsa is the 275th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,114 inhabitants. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 1.9% over the previous 10-year period. Snåsa is one of the last strongholds for the seriously endangered Southern Sami language. General information The prestegjeld, parish of Snåsa was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1874, the eastern district of Snåsa (population: 1,015) was separated to form the new Lierne Municipali ...
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Snåsa (village)
or is the administrative center of Snåsa Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is situated on the northern end of the lake of Snåsavatnet, just northeast of the village of Jørstad and southwest of the village of Agle. The village grew up around the ''Viosen'' area on the shore of the lake. Today, much of the village is located further inland. The Nordlandsbanen railway line runs through the village, stopping at Snåsa Station. Snåsa Church, built in 1200, is also located in the village. The village has a population (2024) of 658 and a population density of . Name The village is named after the old prestegjeld of ''Snåsa'' (). The name is derived from the word which means "prominent mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ..." or "ov ...
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Snåsa Church
Snåsa Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Snåsa Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Snåsa. It is the church for the Snåsa parish which is part of the Stiklestad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The stone church is built in a cruciform design. The oldest part of the church was constructed in the 12th century. The church seats about 500 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1533, but the church was likely built much earlier than that. The stone church was originally built as a Romanesque long church during the mid-12th century, possibly around the 1150-1180. The church had a rectangular nave and a narrower, rectangular choir. The church was located at the Vinje farm, so it was historically known as the Vinje Church. Parish priest Nils Mortenson Lund wrote in 1689 in his report that Vinje Church was burned by Swedish troops in 1612 or 1613 during the K ...
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Snåsa Station
Snåsa Station () is a railway station on the Nordland Line serving the village of Snåsa in Snåsa Municipality, 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 opened in 1926 when the Nordland Line was completed up to this point from Trondheim Central Station. The station has been unstaffed since 1984. References Railway stations in Trøndelag Railway stations on the Nordland Line Railway stations in Norway opened in 1926 Snåsa {{norway-railstation-stub ...
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