Trongsundet

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Trongsundet (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°50′06″N10°41′37″E / 63.8349°N 10.6937°E / 63.8349; 10.6937 Coordinates: 63°50′06″N10°41′37″E / 63.8349°N 10.6937°E / 63.8349; 10.6937
Country Norway
Region Central Norway
County Trøndelag
District Innherred
Municipality Inderøy
Elevation [1] 16 m (52 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code7690 Mosvik

Trongsundet is a village in the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Verrasundet, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the village of Verrabotn (in Verran municipality) and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of the village of Framverran.

Inderøy Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Inderøy is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. Other villages include Framverran, Gangstadhaugen, Hylla, Kjerknesvågen, Kjerringvik, Røra, Sakshaug, Sandvollan, Småland, Trongsundet, Utøy, Vangshylla, and Venneshamn. The municipality is primarily an agricultural community, but also has some industry.

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 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.

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