Hommelvik is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Malvik

Malvik

Malvik is a village and a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik include Muruvika, Smiskaret, Sneisen, Vikhammer, and Hundhammeren.While "Malvik" refers...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 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...

. The village is located at the end of the Hommelvika, a bay

Bay

A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...

 off of the Trondheimsfjord

Trondheimsfjord

The Trondheimsfjord , an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third longest fjord at long. It is located in the west central part of the country, and it stretches from Ørland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way...

. It is about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) southwest of Muruvika, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast of Smiskaret

Smiskaret

Smiskaret or Smiskardet is a village in the municipality of Malvik in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Stjørdalsfjorden, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, about northwest of Hommelvik. Since 2002, it has been considered a part of the Hommelvik urban area....

, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Vikhammer

Vikhammer

Vikhammer is a village in the municipality of Malvik in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, about east of Hundhammeren and about west of the village of Malvik. All three villages are part of the greater Malvik urban area which has a...

, and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Sneisen

Sneisen

Sneisen is a village in the municipality of Malvik in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Mostadmarka area in the southern part of the municipality, about south of Hommelvik and north of Selbustrand . Mostadmark Chapel is located in the village....

. The river Homla

Homla

Homla is a river in the municipality of Malvik in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The river begins when it flows out of the lake Foldsjøen and it ends at the Trondheimsfjord at the village of Hommelvik....

 runs through the village.

The 2.84 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi) village has a population (2009) of 4,260. 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 Hommelvik is 1500 PD/km2. Hommelvik Church

Hommelvik Church

Hommelvik Church is a parish church in the municipality of Malvik in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hommelvik. The wooden church was built in 1886 and was consecrated on 25 May 1887 by the Bishop Niels Laache...

 is located in the village, just south of the shore. The European route E6

European route E6

European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...

 highway runs around the village and the Trøndelag Commuter Rail has a stop at Hommelvik Station

Hommelvik Station

Hommelvik Station is a railway station located in the village of Hommelvik in the municipality of Malvik in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is east of Trondheim....

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