Namsos Municipality
Namsos kommune Nåavmesjenjaelmien tjïelte | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Trøndelag within Norway | |
 Namsos within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 64°29′38″N 11°30′42″E / 64.49389°N 11.51167°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Namdalen |
| Established | 1846 |
| • Preceded by | Vemundvik Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Namsos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Amund Lein (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,132.36 km2 (823.31 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,997.81 km2 (771.36 sq mi) |
| • Water | 134.55 km2 (51.95 sq mi) 6.3% |
| • Rank | #30 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 765.19 m (2,510.47 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 15,083 |
| • Rank | #82 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −2.1% |
| Demonym | Namsosing[2] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5007[4] |
| Website | Official website |
(Norwegian) or Nåavmesjenjaelmie (Southern Sami)[5] is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos. Some of the villages in the municipality include Bangsund, Klinga, Ramsvika, Skomsvoll, Spillum, Sævik, Dun, Salsnes, Nufsfjord, Lund, Namdalseid, Sjøåsen, Statland, Tøttdalen, and Sverkmoen.
The 2,132-square-kilometre (823 sq mi) municipality is the 30th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Namsos is the 82nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 15,083. The municipality's population density is 7.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.1% over the previous 10-year period.[6][7]
The town of Namsos has a swimming pool, Oasen, built inside a mountain.
- ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
sami namewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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).