Høylandet
Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the municipality in Norway. For the village in Høylandet municipality, see Høylandet (village).
Høylandet is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Høylandet. Other villages include Kongsmoen and Vassbotna.
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Høylandet Municipality
Høylandet kommune | |
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Coordinates: 64°43′27″N 12°20′02″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Trøndelag |
District | Namdalen |
Established | 1 Jan 1901 |
• Preceded by | Grong Municipality |
Administrative centre | Høylandet |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Ole Joar Flaat (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 754.67 km2 (291.38 sq mi) |
• Land | 702.65 km2 (271.29 sq mi) |
• Water | 52.03 km2 (20.09 sq mi) 6.9% |
• Rank | #150 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,216 |
• Rank | #320 in Norway |
• Density | 1.7/km2 (4/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −3.7% |
Demonym | Høylending[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-5046[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 755-square-kilometre (292 sq mi) municipality is the 150th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Høylandet is the 320th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,216. The municipality's population density is 1.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.4/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.7% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]