or is the

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Røyrvik Municipality or 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 Røyrvik (village), village of ...

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 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 ...

. The village is located in the central part of the municipality, about west of the border with

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. It sits at the northern end of the large lake Limingen. Børgefjell National Park is located about to the north.

Røyrvik Church Røyrvik Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Røyrvik Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Røyrvik. It is the church for the Røyrvik parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) ...

is located in the village. The village has a population (2024) of 221 and a

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of .

Name

The village (and municipality) is named after the old ''Røyrvik'' farm (historically: ''Røirviken'') since the first

was built there (in 1828). The first element is which means "

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". The last element is which means "

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References

{{Authority control Villages in Trøndelag Røyrvik