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Steinkjer Municipality
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Steinkjer Municipality is a local government area located in Trøndelag, a region in Norway. It serves as an administrative division responsible for providing public services and local governance to its residents in that part of the country.
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- Demonym
- steinkjerbygg
- Population
- 24007
- Area
- 1.56
- Elevation
- 46
- Official website
- www.steinkjer.kommune.no
- Image
- Steinkjer.jpg
- Households
- 514
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- inception
- 1858-01-23
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- native label
- Steinkjer
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Steinkjer (Norwegian) or Stïentje (Southern Sami) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Steinkjer which is located on the inner part of the Trondheimsfjord. The town is also the administrative centre for Trøndelag county. Other populated areas in Steinkjer include the villages of Bartnes, Beitstad, Binde, Byafossen, Follafoss, Følling, Gaulstad, Henning, Hyllbrua, Kvam, Lerkehaug, Malm, Mære, Sela, Skei, Sparbu, Stod, Sunnan, Vassaunet, Vellamelen, and Verrastranda.
The 2,122-square-kilometre (819 sq mi) municipality is the 31st largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Steinkjer Municipality is the 54th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 24,032. The municipality's population density is 11.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (29/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.4% over the previous 10-year period.