Ekne is a village in the municipality of Levanger

Levanger

Levanger is a town and municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger...

 in Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Skogn

Skogn

Skogn is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Levanger. It is home to the Fiborgtangen industrial area.The village of Skogn is located about southwest of the town of Levanger...

 and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of the town of Levanger

Levanger

Levanger is a town and municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger...

. The lakes Sønningen

Sønningen

Sønningen is a lake in the municipality of Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies about southwest of the village of Ekne and about west of the lake Byavatnet....

 and Byavatnet

Byavatnet

Byavatnet is a lake in the municipality of Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about south of the village of Ekne and about west of Ronglan. The lake Hammervatnet lies about south of Byavatnet and the lake Sønningen lies about to the northwest. The lake is about long...

 lie south of the village. The 0.29 square kilometres (71.7 acre) village has a population (2009) of 240. The population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 of the village is 828 PD/km2. Ekne Church

Ekne Church

Ekne Church is a parish church in the municipality of Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ekne. The church is part of the Ekne parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The wooden church building was constructed in 1893 by the architect...

 is located in this village. Falstad concentration camp

Falstad concentration camp

Falstad concentration camp was a prison camp in the village of Ekne in what was the municipality of Skogn in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway...

was also located in this village.