Vanvikan is a village in

Indre Fosen Municipality Indre Fosen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Fosen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnset. Other villages in Indre Fosen include Askjem, Dalbygda, ...

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,

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. It is located along the

Trondheimsfjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's List of Norwegian fjords, third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from Ørl ...

in the southeastern part of the municipality. The village of Seter lies about northeast of Vanvikan and the lake Storvatnet lies about north of the village. One of the schools in the municipality, ''Vanvikan Skole'' is located in the village of Vanvikan.

Stranda Church Stranda Church or Sløgstad Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stranda, along the western shore of the Storfjorden. It is the church ...

is also located in the village. The village has a population (2024) of 742 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

of . The village is an industrial centre with the various technology industries that are part of ''Lyng Industrier''. Vanvikan is connected to the city of

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

by means of a fast passenger boat route across the

. The

Flakk–Rørvik Ferry The Flakk–Rørvik Ferry is an ferry, automobile ferry in Trøndelag county, Norway. The line is part of Norwegian County Road 715, which connects the Fosen peninsula with the city of Trondheim (city), Trondheim. The crossing of Trondheimsfjord ...

( car ferry) is accessed at

Rørvika or is a village in Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the western side of the Tysfjorden, about south of Bognes or is a ferry port in Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is locate ...

about to the southwest. The Norwegian County Road 755 connects it with other villages to the northeast.

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* Indre Fosen Villages in Trøndelag {{Trøndelag-geo-stub