Grong
Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Grongⓘ (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.
Grong Municipality
Grong kommune | |
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Coordinates: 64°31′53″N 12°37′12″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 |
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]