Medjå or Grong is a village which serves as the administrative center of the municipality of Grong

Grong

is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Medjå. Other villages in the municipality include Bergsmoen, Formofoss, Gartland, and Harran....

 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 along the river Namsen

Namsen

Namsen is the biggest river in Nord-Trøndelag county, in the central part of Norway. The long river flows through the municipalities of Røyrvik, Namsskogan, Grong, Overhalla, and Namsos. It traditionally has been used for floating timber down from the forests to the town of Namsos, where the...

, at the confluence

Confluence

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...

 with the river Sanddøla. The Nordlandsbanen

Nordlandsbanen

The Nordland Line is a railway line between Trondheim and Bodø in Norway. Running for approximately 729 km, it is the Norwegian railway system's longest line, and the only one in Norway to cross the Arctic Circle. It is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration...

 railway line runs along the eastern part of the village, stopping at Grong Station

Grong Station

Grong Station is a railway station located in the village of Grong in the municipality of Grong in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the Nordland Line railway, and the station opened in 1926. Starting on 1 April 1942, the restaurant operations was taken over by Norsk...

. 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 through the western edge of the village. Grong Church

Grong Church

Grong Church is a parish church in the municipality of Grong in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Grong. The church is part of the Grong parish in the Namdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church building was constructed in 1877. The building...

, the main church for the area, is also located in this village. The 1.48 square kilometres (365.7 acre) village has a population (2011) of 1,059. 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...

is 716 PD/km2.