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Soknedal (Norway)
Coordinates: 62°57′04″N10°11′17″E / 62.9510°N 10.1881°E / 62.9510; 10.1881 Coordinates: 62°57′04″N10°11′17″E / 62.9510°N 10.1881°E / 62.9510; 10.1881
Country Norway
Region Central Norway
County Trøndelag
District Gauldalen
Municipality Midtre Gauldal
Area [1]
  Total0.30 km2 (0.12 sq mi)
Elevation [2] 235 m (771 ft)
Population (2017) [1]
  Total310
  Density1,033/km2 (2,680/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code7288 Soknedal

Soknedal is a village in Midtre Gauldal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the river Sokna which flows north and later joins the river Gaula. The Dovrebanen railway line and the European route E06 highway both run through the village, heading to the city of Trondheim which is about 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the north. The village of Støren lies about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to the north and the village of Berkåk lies about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) to the south. [3]

Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren. Other villages in the municipality include Singsås, Soknedal, Enodden, and Rognes.

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.

View of the Soknedal Church on the hill overlooking the village in the valley below Soknedal Midtre Gauldal.jpg
View of the Soknedal Church on the hill overlooking the village in the valley below

The 0.3-square-kilometre (74-acre) village has a population (2017) of 310 which gives the village a population density of 1,033 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,680/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.

The village of Soknedal was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Soknedal which existed from 1841 until 1964. Soknedal Church is located in the village.

An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.

Soknedal (municipality) Former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Soknedal is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 440-square-kilometre (170 sq mi) municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. It is located in the western part of what is now the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Trøndelag county. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Soknedal, where the Soknedal Church is located. The municipality was named after the Soknedal valley in which it is located. The valley is named after the river Sokna which runs through the valley.

Soknedal Church Church in Trøndelag, Norway

Soknedal Church is a parish church in Midtre Gauldal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Soknedal. It is the church for the Soknedal parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1933 by the architect John Tverdahl. The church seats about 480 people and it was built to replace an earlier church which had burned down.

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