Levanger (town)

Levanger
City
View of the Kirkegata, the main street.
View of the Kirkegata, the main street.
Levanger is located in Trøndelag
Levanger
Levanger
Location of the town
Levanger is located in Norway
Levanger
Levanger
Levanger (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°44′47″N 11°17′55″E / 63.7465°N 11.2987°E / 63.7465; 11.2987
CountryNorway
RegionCentral Norway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictInnherred
MunicipalityLevanger
Established as 
Kjøpstad1836-1961
Town (By)1997
Area
 • Total5.25 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Elevation7 m (23 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total10,310
 • Density1,945/km2 (5,040/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal Code
7600 Levanger
Kjøpstaden Levanger
Flag of Levanger Municipality
Coat of arms of Levanger Municipality
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
CountryNorway
CountyNord-Trøndelag
DistrictInnherred
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1962
 • Succeeded byLevanger Municipality
Administrative centreLevanger
DemonymLevangsbygg[3]
ISO 3166 codeNO-1701[4]

Levanger is a university town and the administrative center of Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is located along the eastern shore of the Trondheimsfjorden, at the mouth of the river Levangselva. The town is located about half-way between the towns of Steinkjer and Stjørdalshalsen. Prior to 1962, the town of Levanger and its immediate vicinity was its own municipality. The town houses a campus of the Nord University.

The 5.25-square-kilometre (1,300-acre) town has a population (2018) of 10,189 and a population density of 1,941 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,030/sq mi).[1]

  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Levanger (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  3. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.