Heggem

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Heggem
Heggem (Norway)
Coordinates: 62°52′12″N07°53′13″E / 62.87000°N 7.88694°E / 62.87000; 7.88694 Coordinates: 62°52′12″N07°53′13″E / 62.87000°N 7.88694°E / 62.87000; 7.88694
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Nordmøre
Municipality Gjemnes Municipality
Elevation [1] 183 m (600 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code6638 Osmarka

Heggem (or Osmarka) is a village in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Torvikbukt and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Angvik. The Osmarka Chapel is located here. The village has a good view of the mountain Reinsfjellet, located to the northeast.

Møre og Romsdal County (fylke) of Norway

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Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

Torvikbukt Village in Western Norway, Norway

Torvikbukt is a village in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the junction of the Batnfjorden and Tingvollfjorden and just northwest of the 994-metre (3,261 ft) tall mountain Reinsfjellet. The village of Øre lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the southwest and Heggem lies about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) to the south. The 0.39-square-kilometre (96-acre) village has a population (2013) of 226, which gives the village a population density of 579 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,500/sq mi).

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References

  1. "Heggem" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2010-11-18.