Leksa refers to two islands in the
Trondheimsleia strait in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. They are located in the municipality of
Orkland. Leksa is made up of the smaller north island, Nord-Leksa, and the larger south island, Sør-Leksa. The two islands have been connected by a small
causeway
A causeway is a track, road or railway on the upper point of an embankment across "a low, or wet place, or piece of water". It can be constructed of earth, masonry, wood, or concrete. One of the earliest known wooden causeways is the Sweet ...
since 1986. There are about 30 inhabitants between the two islands with about four farms still in use.
Leksa has a store and a
post office
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, and is used as a recreational
resort. There is a car
ferry from
Vernes on the mainland to Nord-Leksa and ten another one to
Garten from Nord-Leksa. The Sør-Leksa port is for express
catamaran boat between the cities of
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...
and
Kristiansund
Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. The administrative center of the municipality is the tow ...
. On Sør-Leksa there is a small fishing harbour with a
breakwater whose construction work was finished in 1978.
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
, there were about 300 German soldiers stationed at Leksa, and there were also 60-70 Polish and Russian
prisoners of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held Captivity, captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.
Belligerents hold priso ...
who were imprisoned here for about 2 years. They built some fortifications here on the west side of the island at Gangstua which were called ''Leksa Kystbatteri''. Ruins of the fortifications are still visible today.
References
External links
Leksa unofficial website
Islands of Trøndelag
Orkland
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