Grong Municipality
Grong kommune | |
|---|---|
 Grong in early August 2007 | |
 Flag | |
 Trøndelag within Norway | |
 Grong within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 64°31′53″N 12°37′12″E / 64.53139°N 12.62000°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Namdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Medjå |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Ann Jeanett Klinkenberg (Ap) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,136.17 km2 (438.68 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,095.32 km2 (422.91 sq mi) |
| • Water | 40.84 km2 (15.77 sq mi) 3.6% |
| • Rank | #96 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 2,296 |
| • Rank | #262 in Norway |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −6.9% |
| Demonym | Grongning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5045[3] |
| Website | Official website |
(Southern Sami: Kråangke) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Medjå (sometimes called Grong also). Other villages in the municipality include Bergsmoen, Formofoss, Gartland, and Harran.
The 1,136-square-kilometre (439 sq mi) municipality is the 96th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Grong is the 262nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,296. The municipality's population density is 2.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.4/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 6.9% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).