Husbysjøen
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Husbysjøen is a village in the municipality of Rissa
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It was the administrative centre of the former municipality of Stjørna
prior to its merger into neighboring Rissa in 1964.
The village is located along the Sørfjorden, an arm of the Stjørnfjord
. It is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Råkvåg
, about 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) east of Hasselvika
, and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the lake Storvatnet. Just north of the village is the Ramsvik Church
.
Rissa, Norway
Rissa is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnset...
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...
. It was the administrative centre of the former municipality of Stjørna
Stjørna
Stjørna is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It encompassed the land around the Stjørnfjord. The administrative centre of Stjørna was the village of Husbysjøen, which today is located in Rissa...
prior to its merger into neighboring Rissa in 1964.
The village is located along the Sørfjorden, an arm of the Stjørnfjord
Stjørnfjord
The Stjørnfjord or Stjørnfjorden is an arm of Trondheimsfjord that flows through the municipalities of Bjugn, Ørland, and Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The long fjord stretches southwest from the mouth of the Nordelva river near the village of Råkvåg to the Trondheimsfjord near Brekstad...
. It is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Råkvåg
Råkvåg
Råkvåg or Råkvågen is a village in the municipality of Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the inner part of the Stjørnfjord in the northern part of Rissa. It is about north of Husbysjøen and about east of Høybakken in Bjugn. The Ramsvik Church lies just south of the...
, about 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) east of Hasselvika
Hasselvika
Hasselvika is a village in the municipality of Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord about north of the municipal center of Årnset. It is the location of the old Agdenes military fort as well as the Hasselvika Church....
, and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the lake Storvatnet. Just north of the village is the Ramsvik Church
Ramsvik Church
Ramsvik Church is a church in the municipality of Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located at Ramsvik, just south of the village of Råkvåg near the Stjørnfjord. It was originally built as a chapel, but has been expanded and is now a church. It is the old church in Rissa...
.