Åfjord (also known as: Årnes, Å i Åfjord, or just Å) is the

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Åfjord Municipality Åfjord is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Å, Åfjord, Årnes ...

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county,

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. The village is located at the end of the Åfjorden, about west of the village of By. The lake Stordalsvatnet lies just east of the village. Åfjord Church is located in Å, just west of the Nordalselva river. The village has a population (2024) of 1,386 and a

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The village is named after the old ''Aa'' farm, first referenced in 1329 as ''"Aom"''. The name "Aa" () comes from the plural of ''á'' which means "(small) river", probably because two rivers run together beneath the farm. With the Norwegian spelling reforms in the early 20th century, the letter "Aa" was changed to "Å". On 13 July 1934, the name of the municipality was changed from "Å" to "Åfjord". Since then, the administrative centre in the municipality was referred to as "Å i Åfjord". On 1 November 1980, the

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changed the name from "Å i Åfjord" to "Årnes". Thus, there are several names used for the village: Åfjord, Å, Å i Åfjord, and Årnes.

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Villages in Trøndelag Åfjord {{Trøndelag-geo-stub

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