Tingnes is a village in
Ringsaker Municipality
Ringsaker () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Br ...
in
Innlandet
Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken ( ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located on the southern end of the
Nes peninsula, along the shores of the lake
Mjøsa
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. The village lies about southeast of the village of
Stavsjø. There is a bridge from Tingnes to the island of
Helgøya to the south.
Nes Church is located in the village.
The village has a population (2021) of 395 and a
population density
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of .
Tingnes was the
administrative centre
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...
of the old municipality of
Nes which existed from 1838 until 1964.
References
Ringsaker
Villages in Innlandet
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