Namsskogan

Namsskogan kommune
—  Municipality  —
Brekkvasselv, Namsskogan
Coat of arms Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Namsskogan within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°52′19″N 12°58′35″E / 64.87194°N 12.97639°E / 64.87194; 12.97639Coordinates: 64°52′19″N 12°58′35″E / 64.87194°N 12.97639°E / 64.87194; 12.97639
Country	Norway
County	Nord-Trøndelag
District	Namdalen
Administrative centre	Namsskogan
Government
– Mayor (2007)	Kari Ystgård
Area
– Total	1,417.16 km2 (547.2 sq mi)
– Land	1,353.90 km2 (522.7 sq mi)
– Water	63.26 km2 (24.4 sq mi)
Area rank	59 in Norway
Population (2011)
– Total	928
– Rank	411 in Norway
– Density	0.7/km2 (1.8/sq mi)
– Change (10 years)	-2.8 %
Demonym	Namsskoging[1]
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1740
Official language form	Neutral
Website	namsskogan.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Namsskogan is a village and municipality in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Namsskogan is located in the upper part of the long Namdalen valley region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Namsskogan. Other villages in the municipality include Brekkvasselv, Smalåsen, Skorovatn, and Trones.

The village of Namsskogan lies along the river Namsen in the northern part of the municipality. The European route E6 highway runs through the village.

General information

E6 enters Nord-Norge at the northern end of Namsskogan

The municipality of Namsskogan was established on 1 July 1923 when it was separated from the large municipality of Grong. Initially, the population of Namsskogan was 469. The municipal boundaries have not changed since.^[2]

Name

The name was created in 1923. The first element is the name of the river Namsen and the last element is the plural form of skog which means "wood". Therefore the meaning of the name is "the woodlands around Namsen".^[3]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 21 December 1984. The arms show a gold moose's antler on a black background. The municipality is heavily forested and many moose can be found in the area. The arms are based on a very large antler, with a rare golden color, which hangs on the community hall.^[4]

See also: Coats-of-arms for Aremark, Namsos, Ringsaker, and Tynset

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Namsskogan. It is part of the Namdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Churches in Namsskogan

Parish (Sokn)	Church Name	Location of the Church	Year Built
Namsskogan	Trones Church	Trones	1832
	Bjørhusdal Church	Namsskogan	1970
	Skorovatn Chapel	Skorovatn	1965

Politics

In the 2007 municipal elections, Namsskogan had the highest vote for the Socialist Left party in Norway, at 33.6 per cent.

Geography

Namsskogan is located in the northeast part of Nord-Trøndelag county. It is a heavily forested area with several large lakes including Kalvvatnet, Mellingsvatnet, Storfrøyningen, Storgåsvatnet, and Tunnsjøflyan. The river Namsen runs south through the Namsdalen valley. The extreme northeastern part of the municipality is part of Børgefjell National Park.

References

1. ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/. 
2. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf. 
3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Namsskogan" (in Norwegian). http://snl.no/Namsskogan. Retrieved 2011-09-16. 
4. ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/n/namsskog.htm. Retrieved 13 November 2008. 

External links

• Nord-Trøndelag travel guide from Wikitravel
• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway