Høylandet

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Høylandet kommune
Municipality
View of Høylandet village
View of Høylandet village
Official logo of Høylandet kommune
Nord-Trøndelag within
Norway
Høylandet within Nord-Trøndelag
Høylandet within Nord-Trøndelag
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Country Norway
County Nord-Trøndelag
District Namdalen
Administrative centre Høylandet
Government
 • Mayor (1993) Lars Otto Okstad (Sp)
Area
 • Total 754.39 km2 (291.27 sq mi)
 • Land 702.44 km2 (271.21 sq mi)
 • Water 51.95 km2 (20.06 sq mi)
Area rank 144 in Norway
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,270
 • Rank 389 in Norway
 • Density 1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) -4.6 %
Demonym(s) Hålling[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1743
Official language form Neutral
Website www.hoylandet.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

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.

The village lies along the river Søråa in the southern part of Høylandet, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Vassbotna and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of European route E6. The 0.42-square-kilometre (100-acre) village has a population (2013) of 320. The population density is 762 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,970/sq mi).[2]

General information

The municipality of Høylandet was established on 1 January 1901 when it was separated from the large municipality of Grong. Initially, the population of Høylandet was 1,046. On 1 January 1964, the Kongsmoen area (population: 221) of eastern Foldereid was merged into Høylandet. On that same date the Galguften and Hauknes areas (population: 15) were transferred to neighboring Overhalla.[3]

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Høylandir. The first element is høy which means "hay" and the last element is the plural form of land which means "land" or "region". The name was historically spelled Hølandet.[4]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 1990. The arms show a silver whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) on a green background.[5]

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Høylandet. It is part of the Namdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Churches in Høylandet
Parish
(sokn)
Name Location Year built
Høylandet Drageid Church Vassbotna 1976
Høylandet Church Høylandet 1860
Kongsmo Chapel Kongsmoen 1937

Geography

There are several large lakes in Høylandet including Almåsgrønningen, Eidsvatnet, Grungstadvatnet, Øyvatnet, and Storgrønningen. The innermost part of the Foldafjord is located in northern Høylandet. Norwegian County Road 17 runs through the municipality from south to north through the central valley.

References

  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  2. Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2013). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  4. Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (dokpro.uio.no) (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 267.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  5. Store norske leksikon. "Høylandet – kommune i Nord-Trøndelag" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-09-21.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>

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