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Forbregd is a village in the municipality of Verdal
Verdal
Verdal is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra...

 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 about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of the municipal center of Verdalsøra
Verdalsøra
Verdalsøra is a town in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is the administrative center of the municipality. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Verdalselva...

 and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of Stiklestad
Stiklestad
Stiklestad is a village and parish in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located east of the municipal center of Verdalsøra and about southeast of Forbregd/Lein. The village is mainly known as the site of the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030...

, along the southern shore of Leksdalsvatnet
Leksdalsvatnet
Leksdalvatnet is a lake in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway that lies in the municipalities of Steinkjer and Verdal. It is located south of the town of Steinkjer and northeast of the town of Verdalsøra, about east of the Trondheimsfjord...

. Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All releases are published both in Norwegian and English...

 classifies Forbregd together with the neighboring village of Lein
Lein, Norway
Lein is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about northeast of the municipal center of Verdalsøra and about northwest of Stiklestad, along the southern shore of Leksdalsvatnet. Statistics Norway classifies Lein together with the neighboring...

 as the urban area of Forbregd/Lein. The 0.4 square kilometres (98.8 acre) area of Forbregd/Lein has a population (2009) of 639. This gives the area a 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 1598 PD/km2.
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