Viggja | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 63°20′43″N9°59′27″E / 63.3452°N 09.9908°E Coordinates: 63°20′43″N9°59′27″E / 63.3452°N 09.9908°E | |
Country | Norway |
Region | Central Norway |
County | Trøndelag |
District | Orkdalen |
Municipality | Skaun |
Area | |
• Total | 0.22 km2 (0.08 sq mi) |
Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
Population (2018) [1] | |
• Total | 357 |
• Density | 1,623/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Post Code | 7354 Viggja |
Viggja is a village in the municipality of Skaun in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the shores of the Orkdalsfjorden, an arm of the Trondheimsfjorden, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of the town of Orkanger and about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) northwest of the village of Børsa. The European route E39 highway passes about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the village.
Skaun is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Børsa. Other villages include Buvika, Eggkleiva, Melby, Skaun, and Viggja.
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, 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 (2018) of 357 and a population density of 1,623 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,200/sq mi). [1]
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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