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Snåsa

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Also known as Snåase

municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Key facts

Country
Norway
County
Trøndelag
District
Innherad
Established
1 Jan 1838
Created as
Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre
Snåsa
Mayor 2019
Arnt Einar Bardal ( Sp )
Total
2,342.66 km (904.51 sq mi)
Land
2,145.71 km (828.46 sq mi)
Water
196.95 km (76.04 sq mi) 8.4%
Rank
# 23 in Norway
Highest elevation
1,138.87 m (3,736.5 ft)
Density
0.9/km (2.3/sq mi)
Change 10 years
−1.9%
Demonym
Snåsning
Norwegian form
Neutral
S mi form
Southern Sami
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )

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Official website

Snåsa kommune

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
snåsning
Country
Norway
Located in
Nord-Trøndelag
Capital
Snåsa
Official language
Southern Sami
Population
2141
Area
0.27
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Shares border with
Lierne Municipality
Official website
www.snasa.kommune.no
Image
Snåsavatnet mot bygda.JPG
Households
40
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Commons category
Snåsa
native label
Snåasen tjïelte
topic's main category
Category:Snåsa Municipality
Commons gallery
Snåsa
language used
Southern Sami
inception
1838-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Snåsa (Norwegian; pronounced [ˈsnòːsɑ]) or Snåase (Southern Sami); /ˈsnɔ̯ɑse/ is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Snåsa. Other villages include Agle and Jørstad.

The 2,343-square-kilometre (905 sq mi) municipality is the 23rd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Snåsa Municipality is the 275th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,114 inhabitants. The municipality's population density is 0.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.9% over the previous 10-year period.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Snåsa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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