Alstad or Frosta
is the
administrative centre
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...
of
Frosta Municipality
Frosta is the smallest List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Alstad, Norway, Alstad (also known as ''Frosta''). Other villages in Frosta includ ...
in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located in the central part of the
Frosta peninsula, about southwest of the town of
Levanger
Levanger may refer to:
Places
* Levanger Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway
* Levanger (town), a town within Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway
* Levanger landsogn, a former municipality (1856–1962) in Trø ...
. The smaller village of
Logtun lies about southwest of Frosta.
The village had a population (2020) of 574 and a
population density
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of . Since 2020, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by
Statistics Norway
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.
Name
The
Old Norse
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form of the name for the area was ''Frosta'' (it was also used for the
Frosta peninsula and
Frosta Church). The meaning of the name is unknown. Historically, the name was also spelled ''Frosten''.
References
Villages in Trøndelag
Frosta
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