Levanger | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Woodenhouseskirkegata.jpg) View of the Kirkegata, the main street. | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Norway_Tr%C3%B8ndelag_adm_location_map.svg)  Levanger Location of the town &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Norway_location_map.svg) Levanger Levanger (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 63°44′47″N 11°17′55″E / 63.7465°N 11.2987°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Central Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Innherred |
| Municipality | Levanger |
| Established as | |
| Kjøpstad | 1836-1961 |
| Town (By) | 1997 |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.25 km2 (2.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 10,310 |
| • Density | 1,945/km2 (5,040/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal Code | 7600 Levanger |
| Kjøpstaden Levanger | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_Levanger.gif) Flag &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Levanger_komm.svg) Coat of arms | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Norway_Counties_Nord-Tr%C3%B8ndelag_Position.svg) Nord-Trøndelag within Norway | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nord-Trøndelag |
| District | Innherred |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1962 |
| • Succeeded by | Levanger Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Levanger |
| Demonym | Levangsbygg[3] |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-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]
- ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- ^ "Levanger (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.