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Spillum (Norway)
Coordinates: 64°26′43″N11°31′17″E / 64.4454°N 11.5213°E / 64.4454; 11.5213 Coordinates: 64°26′43″N11°31′17″E / 64.4454°N 11.5213°E / 64.4454; 11.5213
Country Norway
Region Central Norway
County Trøndelag
District Namdalen
Municipality Namsos
Area [1]
  Total 1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Elevation [2] 18 m (59 ft)
Population (2017) [1]
  Total 1,331
  Density 807/km2 (2,090/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code7820 Spillum

Spillum is a village in the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the south side of the Namsen river about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) directly south of the centre of the town of Namsos and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the village of Klinga. The Norwegian Sawmill Museum is located in the village of Spillum. [3]

Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Namsos  is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos. Some of the villages in the municipality include Bangsund, Klinga, Ramsvika, Skomsvoll, Spillum, and Sævik.

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 1.65-square-kilometre (410-acre) village has a population (2017) of 1,331 which gives the village a population density of 807 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,090/sq mi). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2017). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. "Spillum, Namsos (Trøndelag)". yr.no . Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. Rosvold, Knut A., ed. (2016-06-17). "Spillum". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 2018-04-21.