Vassbotna
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Vassbotna is a 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...

 in the southern part of the municipality of Høylandet
Høylandet
Høylandet is a village and a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Høylandet. Other villages include Kongsmoen and Vassbotna....

 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...

. The village is located on an isthmus
Isthmus
An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas usually with waterforms on either side.Canals are often built through isthmuses where they may be particularly advantageous to create a shortcut for marine transportation...

 between the lakes Eidsvatnet
Eidsvatnet
Eidsvatnet is a lake on the border of the municipalities of Høylandet and Overhalla in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies about northeast of Skogmo. The lake empties into the river Bjøra which flows a short distance into the river Namsen....

 and Grungstadvatnet
Grungstadvatnet
Grungstadvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Høylandet in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway.There are salmon, sea trout, european eel, trout, and Arctic char in the lake. The lake lies just to the north of the large lake Eidsvatnet....

, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southwest of the village of Høylandet
Høylandet
Høylandet is a village and a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Høylandet. Other villages include Kongsmoen and Vassbotna....

 and about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northeast of the village of Skogmo
Skogmo
Skogmo is a village in the municipality of Overhalla in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about northeast of the municipal centre, Ranemsletta. Its population in 2003 was 262, but since 2004 it has not been considered an urban settlement by Statistics Norway, and its data is therefore...

 (in Overhalla
Overhalla
Overhalla 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 Ranemsletta . Other villages include Melen, Skage, Skogmo, Svalia, and Øysletta.The population is concentrated in the relatively broad...

). Drageid Church
Drageid Church
Drageid Church is a parish church in the municipality of Høylandet in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vassbotna. The church is part of the Høylandet parish in the Namdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The brown hexagonal church building was constructed in 1976...

 is located in this village, and it serves the people in the southern part of Høylandet
Høylandet
Høylandet is a village and a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Høylandet. Other villages include Kongsmoen and Vassbotna....

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