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Skogmo (Norway)
Coordinates: 64°30′30″N12°00′46″E / 64.5084°N 12.0129°E / 64.5084; 12.0129 Coordinates: 64°30′30″N12°00′46″E / 64.5084°N 12.0129°E / 64.5084; 12.0129
Country Norway
Region Central Norway
County Trøndelag
District Namdalen
Municipality Overhalla
Area [1]
  Total 0.56 km2 (0.22 sq mi)
Elevation [2] 28 m (92 ft)
Population (2017) [1]
  Total 276
  Density 493/km2 (1,280/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code7863 Overhalla

Skogmo is a village in the municipality of Overhalla in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Norwegian County Road 17, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of the municipal centre, Ranemsletta. The village lies just north of the river Namsen and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of the lake Eidsvatnet.

Overhalla Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Overhalla is a municipality in 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.

Trøndelag Region and county of Norway

Trøndelag is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created on 1 January 2018 with the merger of the former counties of Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag, which had been separated into two counties in 1804. 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 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.

The 0.56-square-kilometre (140-acre) village has a population (2017) of 276 which gives the village a population density of 493 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,280/sq mi). [1]

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

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