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is a municipality 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

Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...

, Norway

Norway

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. It is part of the Stjørdalen

Stjørdalen

Stjørdalen is a valley and a traditional district in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It makes up the southern part of the Inntrøndelag region....

region

Districts of Norway

The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords,...

. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen

Stjørdalshalsen

Stjørdalshalsen is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located between the rivers Stjørdalselva and Gråelva, and their mouth into the Trondheimsfjord.The town has a population of 10,779. The population density of the town is...

. Other villages in the municipality include Elvran

Elvran

Elvran is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the southern part of the municipality, about southeast of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen. The village is the location of Elvran Church....

, Flornes

Flornes

Flornes is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality along the Stjørdalselva river, about east of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen. The village of Sona lies to the west and the village of Gudå lies to...

, Hegra

Hegra

Hegra is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed most of the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal....

, Hell, Kvithammer

Kvithammer

Kvithammer or Kvithammar is a village in the Skatval area of the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality, about northwest of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen. The village has a population of 234...

, Prestmoen

Prestmoen

Prestmoen is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Stjørdalselva river in the central part of the municipality, about southeast of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen. The village has a population of 273. The population density...

, Skatval

Skatval

Skatval is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The inhabitants are called as Skatvalsbygg....

, Skjelstadmarka

Skjelstadmarka

Skjelstadmarka is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the central part of the municipality, about northeast of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen, about north of Hegra, and about east of the mountain Forbordsfjellet. The village is...

, Sona

Sona, Norway

Sona is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the eastern part of the municipality, about east of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen. It lies along the Stjørdalselva river about half-way between Hegra and Flornes...

, and Værnes

Værnes, Nord-Trøndelag

Værnes is a village area in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality, about southeast of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen and just northeast of the Stjørdalselva river delta...

.

The municipality is known for the village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

of Hell

Hell, Norway

Hell is a village in the Lånke area of the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality, about south of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen. The village has a population of 1,418...

which is located in the Lånke

Lånke

Lånke is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in south-central part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal, south of the Stjørdalselva river. The famous Hell Station in the village of Hell is situated in the westernmost part of Lånke. There are...

area of Stjørdal. Hell is especially known for its train station, Hell Station

Hell Station

Hell Station is a railway station located in the village of Hell in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the intersection of the Nordland Line and Meråker Line....

, where you find the old sign saying (meaning "Cargo handling").

General information

Stjørdalen

Stjørdalen is a valley and a traditional district in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It makes up the southern part of the Inntrøndelag region....

was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

). On 1 January 1850, Stjørdalen was divided into Øvre Stjørdal

Øvre Stjørdal

Øvre Stjørdal is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It encompassed the present-day municipality of Meråker as well as part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal.-History:...

and Nedre Stjørdal

Nedre Stjørdal

Nedre Stjørdal is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It covered the western part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal.-History:...

. Later, Øvre Stjørdal was divided into Hegra

Hegra

Hegra is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed most of the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal....

and Meråker

Meråker

Meråker is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda which is about west of Storlien in Sweden and east of Stjørdalshalsen in Stjørdal. Other villages in Meråker include Gudåa,...

on 1 January 1874 and Nedre Stjørdal was divided into Lånke

Lånke

, Skatval

Skatval

Skatval is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The inhabitants are called as Skatvalsbygg....

, and (a smaller) Stjørdal on 1 January 1902. All of these municipalities (except for Meråker) were merged together on 1 January 1962 to form a new, larger Stjørdal municipality.

Name

The Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

form of the name was Stjórardalr. The first element is the genitive case

Genitive case

In grammar, genitive is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun...

of the river name Stjór (now called Stjørdalselva

Stjørdalselva

Stjørdalselva is a long river that reaches from near the Norwegian–Swedish border down the Stjørdalen valley through the municipalities of Meråker and Stjørdal before entering the Trondheimsfjord. The mouth is located between the villages of Stjørdalshalsen and Hell just south of Trondheim...

) and the last element is dalr which means "valley

Valley

In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...

" or "dale". The meaning of the river name is unknown.

The pronunciation of the name Stjørdal in the local dialect is ʃøɽdaɽːɲ.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...

is from modern times, but is inspired by an old seal for the district from 1344. The arms were granted on 25 November 1983. The arms show a gold dragon

Dragon

A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...

on a red background. The dragon is derived from the old medieval

Middle Ages

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seal which showed Saint Margareth

Margaret the Virgin

Margaret the Virgin, also known as Margaret of Antioch , virgin and martyr, is celebrated as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches on July 20; and on July 17 in the Orthodox Church. Her historical existence has been questioned; she was declared apocryphal by Pope Gelasius I in 494,...

standing on a slain dragon.

Churches

The Church of Norway

Church of Norway

The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, established after the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537 broke the ties to the Holy See. The church confesses the Lutheran Christian faith...

has four parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Stjørdal. It is part of the Stjørdal deanery

Deanery

A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...

and the Diocese of Nidaros

Diocese of Nidaros

Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into 12 deaneries . Finn Wagle was the bishop from 1991 to 2008...

style="font-size:medium"|Churches in Stjørdal
Parish (Sokn)	Church Name	Location of the Church	Year Built
Hegra	Hegra Church Hegra Church Hegra Church is a parish church in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hegra. The church is part of the Hegra parish in the Stjørdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The wooden church was built in 1783 to seat about 450 people....	Hegra Hegra Hegra is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed most of the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal....	1783
	Flora Chapel Flora Chapel (Stjørdal) Flora Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Flornes. The church is part of the Hegra parish in the Stjørdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The wooden church was built in 1902 to seat about 170 people....	Flornes Flornes Flornes is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality along the Stjørdalselva river, about east of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen. The village of Sona lies to the west and the village of Gudå lies to...	1936
	Okkelberg Chapel Okkelberg Chapel Okkelberg Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skjelstadmarka. The church is part of the Hegra parish in the Stjørdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The wooden church building was constructed in 1905 and seats...	Skjelstadmarka Skjelstadmarka Skjelstadmarka is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the central part of the municipality, about northeast of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen, about north of Hegra, and about east of the mountain Forbordsfjellet. The village is...	1905
Lånke	Lånke Church Lånke Church Lånke Church is a parish church in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lånke, just east of Hell. The church is part of the Lånke parish in the Stjørdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The wooden church was built in 1901 to seat about...	Lånke Lånke Lånke is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in south-central part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal, south of the Stjørdalselva river. The famous Hell Station in the village of Hell is situated in the westernmost part of Lånke. There are...	1899
Lånke	Elvran Chapel Elvran Chapel Elvran Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Elvran. The church is part of the Lånke parish in the Stjørdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The wooden church was built in 1893 to seat about 140 people....	Elvran Elvran Elvran is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the southern part of the municipality, about southeast of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen. The village is the location of Elvran Church....	1893
Skatval	Skatval Church Skatval Church Skatval Church is a parish church in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skatval. The church is part of the Skatval parish in the Stjørdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The wooden church was built in 1901 to seat about 500 people. ...	Skatval Skatval Skatval is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The inhabitants are called as Skatvalsbygg....	1901
Stjørdal	Værnes Church Værnes Church Værnes Church is a parish church in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Prestmoen, near Værnes. The church is part of the Stjørdal parish in the Stjørdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The stone church was built around the year 1100...	Prestmoen Prestmoen Prestmoen is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Stjørdalselva river in the central part of the municipality, about southeast of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen. The village has a population of 273. The population density...	1100

History

Stjørdal is the location of Steinvikholm Castle

Steinvikholm Castle

Steinvikholm Castle is an island fortress on the Skatval peninsula near Stjørdal, in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The castle was built over seven years, from 1525 to 1532, for Norway's last Catholic archbishop, Olav Engelbrektsson....

, the residence of Norway's last Catholic archbishop, Olav Engelbrektsson

Olav Engelbrektsson

Olav Engelbrektsson was the last Catholic Archbishop of Norway. As well as being a religious leader, Olav was also a political figure;...

. It is located on the Skatval

Skatval

Skatval is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The inhabitants are called as Skatvalsbygg....

peninsula.

Hegra Fortress

Hegra fortress

Hegra Fortress is a small mountain fortress in the village of Hegra in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. Originally known as Ingstadkleiven Fort , it was built between 1907–1910 as a border fort as a defence against the perceived threat of a Swedish...

is located in the central part of the municipality. It was used as a defense against the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

military. It was also used during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

in the Battle of Hegra Fortress

Battle of Hegra Fortress

The Battle of Hegra Fortress was a twenty-five day engagement in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign which saw a small force of Norwegian volunteers fighting superior German forces...

Geography

Stjørdal consists of the old municipalities of Skatval

Skatval

Skatval is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The inhabitants are called as Skatvalsbygg....

, Hegra

Hegra

Hegra is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed most of the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal....

, Lånke

Lånke

, and Stjørdal. The Stjørdalselva

Stjørdalselva

river runs through the Stjørdalen

Stjørdalen

Stjørdalen is a valley and a traditional district in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It makes up the southern part of the Inntrøndelag region....

valley, with the Skatval

Skatval

Skatval is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The inhabitants are called as Skatvalsbygg....

peninsula on the northern side. The Forbordsfjellet

Forbordsfjellet

Forbordsfjellet is a mountain in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The tall mountain lies directly to the north of Trondheim Airport, Værnes and the town of Stjørdalshalsen. There is a toll road to the summit from European route E6 near Skatval Church....

mountain sits in the northern part of the municipality. The Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park lies in the eastern part of the municipality, as is a tiny part of the lake Feren

Feren

Feren is a lake in the municipality of Meråker in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. A small part of the lake extends into the municipalities of Stjørdal, Levanger, and Verdal at the northwestern end of the lake. The lake lies about north of the municipal center of Midtbygda, about north of the...

.

The village of Stjørdal declared township in 1997. Stjørdal is the fastest growing municipality in Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

due to its proximity to the city of Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

and also to Statoil

Statoil

Statoil ASA is a Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972. It merged with Norsk Hydro in 2007 and was known as StatoilHydro until 2009, when the name was changed back to Statoil ASA. The brand Statoil was retained as a chain of fuel stations owned by StatoilHydro...

's presence (it controls a large part of the petroleum

Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...

activity in the Norwegian Sea

Norwegian Sea

The Norwegian Sea is a marginal sea in the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Norway. It is located between the North Sea and the Greenland Sea and adjoins the North Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Barents Sea to the northeast. In the southwest, it is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a...

from Stjørdal).

Trondheim is only about 35 kilometres (21.7 mi) from Stjørdal either by road (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...

) or train (Trønderbanen

Trønderbanen

The Trøndelag Commuter Rail is a commuter train service operating in Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. It is operated by Norwegian State Railways with Class 92 diesel multiple units. The service provides a commuter service connecting Trondheim to its suburbs, between towns in Innherred...

). Stjørdal is in the process of "growing together" with Trondheim, a show of regional urbanization

Urbanization

Urbanization, urbanisation or urban drift is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of global change. The United Nations projected that half of the world's population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008....

. The distance to Steinkjer is about 85 kilometres (52.8 mi), and the towns of Levanger

Levanger

Levanger is a town and municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger...

and 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...

are both about 40 to 45 km (24.9 to 28 ) to the north. All four of these towns are located on the eastern shore of the Trondheimsfjorden.

Birdlife

The Stjørdal area has a rich bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

life with well over 260 recorded species and several good birding localities. Though Stjørdal can not boast of a long coastline (it's only 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) long) some of best birding areas are to be found along Stjørdalfjorden. Halsøen is virtually situated near the centre of Stjørdal, and can be easily viewed from a number of advantage points from route E6 in the east or Langøra in the west. Formed by the old river outlet, this tidal area is well worth checking. Due to the shallow waters and extensive areas of mud at low tide

Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the moon and the sun and the rotation of the Earth....

, Halsøen is used both as a wintering area and a migration

Bird migration

Bird migration is the regular seasonal journey undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather. Sometimes, journeys are not termed "true migration" because they are irregular or in only one direction...

stopover point by many species.

Transportation

Stjørdal is a regional transportation centre that is near the regional airport, Trondheim Airport, Værnes

Trondheim Airport, Værnes

Trondheim Airport, Værnes is an international airport located in Stjørdal, east of Trondheim, Norway. Operated by the state-owned Avinor, it shares facilities with Værnes Air Station of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. In 2010, the airport had 3,521,734 passengers and 55,747 air movements,...

, as well as port facilities, European route E6

European route E6

, European route E14

European route E14

European route E 14 is a road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Trondheim, Norway and ends in Sundsvall, Sweden. The road is in length....

, and 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 going through the municipality from Trondheim to Bodø

Bodø

is a city and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten region.The city of Bodø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Bodin was merged with Bodø on 1 January 1968. Skjerstad was merged with Bodø on 1 January 2005...

with stops at Hell Station

Hell Station

, Trondheim Airport Station

Trondheim Airport Station

Trondheim Airport Station , also known as Værnes Station , is a railway station located in the terminal of Trondheim Airport, Værnes in Stjørdal, Norway. Situated on the Nordland Line, it serves both express trains and the Trøndelag Commuter Rail both operated by Norges Statsbaner...

, Stjørdal Station

Stjørdal Station

Stjørdal is a railway station located in the village of Stjørdalshalsen in the municipality of Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway on the Nordlandsbanen railway line. It is located just north of the intersection of the European route E14 and European route E6 highways. The station serves both local and...

, and Skatval Station

Skatval Station

Skatval Station is a railway station located in the village of Skatval in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway on the Nordlandsbanen railway line. The station is served hourly by the Trønderbanen commuter rail service to Steinkjer and Trondheim. The service is operated by...

. In addition, the Meråkerbanen

Meråkerbanen

The Meråker Line is a railway line which runs from Hell, outside Stjørdal, through the municipalities of Stjørdal and Meråker in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway, to the village of Storlien in Sweden. On the Swedish side, it continues as the Central Line to the city of Sundsvall...

railway line goes from Hell

Hell, Norway

east to Åre Municipality

Åre Municipality

Åre Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Järpen.The present municipality was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of "old" Åre Municipality with the surrounding municipalities Hallen, Kall, Mörsil and Undersåker...

in Sweden

Sweden

. Stations on that railway line include Hell Station

Hell Station

, Hegra Station

Hegra Station

Hegra Station is a railway station on the Meråker Line in the village of Hegra in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The station was opened on 17 October 1881 as Hegre. It received the current name on 1 June 1919, and has been unmanned since 1 March 1971. It is served...

, Sona Station

Sona Station

Sona Station was a railway station on the Meråker Line in the village of Sona in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The station was opened on 31 December 1897. It has been unmanned since 1 March 1971.-References:...

, and Flornes Station

Flornes Station

Flornes Station was a railway station on the Meråker Line in the village of Flornes in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The station was opened on 17 October 1881 as Floren. It changed name to Flora in April 1921, and to the current on 1 January 1924. It has been...

External links

Municipal fact sheet from 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...
Angling in the Stjørdalselva (river)

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