Mule, Norway

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Mule (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°45′25″N11°23′36″E / 63.7569°N 11.3933°E / 63.7569; 11.3933 Coordinates: 63°45′25″N11°23′36″E / 63.7569°N 11.3933°E / 63.7569; 11.3933
Country Norway
Region Central Norway
County Trøndelag
District Innherred
Municipality Levanger
Area [1]
  Total 0.22 km2 (0.08 sq mi)
Elevation [2] 64 m (210 ft)
Population (2017) [1]
  Total 251
  Density 1,141/km2 (2,960/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code7600 Levanger

Mule is a village in the municipality of Levanger in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village area is located at the intersection of Norwegian County Road 774 and European route E6, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the town of Levanger. The Nordlandsbanen railway line also runs through Mule. The village has a school and a daycare centre. [3]

Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Levanger is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the district of Innherred. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Alstadhaug, Ekne, Hokstad, Markabygd, Momarka, Frol, Mule, Nesset, Okkenhaug, Ronglan, Skogn, and Åsen.

Trøndelag Region and county of Norway

Trøndelag is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ; in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag, and the counties were reunited in 2018. Trøndelag county and the neighboring Møre og Romsdal county together form what is known as Central Norway.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern 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.

The 0.22-square-kilometre (54-acre) village has a population (2017) of 251 which gives the village a population density of 1,141 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,960/sq mi). [1]

Population density A measurement of population numbers per unit area or volume

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and most of the time to humans. It is a key geographical term. In simple terms population density refers to the number of people living in an area per kilometer square.

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