Høybakken
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Høybakken is a village in the municipality of Bjugn
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located along the Stjørnfjord
, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the municipal center of Botngård
. The area was once part of the municipality of Stjørna
. The village is home to the Heggvik church
.
Bjugn
Bjugn is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The village of Botngård is the administrative centre of Bjugn municipality...
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 is located along 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...
, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the municipal center of Botngård
Botngård
Botngård is a village which is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Bjugn in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Bjugnfjorden. It is north of Høybakken, east of Nes, and south of Oksvoll....
. The area was once part of the 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...
. The village is home to the Heggvik church
Heggvik Church
Heggvik Church is a church in the municipality of Bjugn in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located along the Stjørnfjord in the village of Høybakken, about south of Botngård.The church was built of stone in 1858, and it holds up to 400 people...
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