Bangsund is a village in the municipality of

Namsos ( sma, Nåavmesjenjaelmie) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos. Some of the villages in the municipality include Bangsund, Kl ...

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county,

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. It lies along the Løgnin arm of the

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, about south of the town of Namsos. The villages of Klinga and Sævik lie to the northeast along the

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. The village has a population (2018) of 925 and a

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of .

History

Norsemen referred to it as "Icebound", even though there isn't much ice. Bangsund was originally an extremely old settlement. In 1886, a worker found a tombstone that dated back to about 500-600 AD. The original farm was divided into two when its owner, Mickel Bangsund, gave one half to each of his two sons. After the sons had kids and died off, the little farm started growing into a small town. In 1801, the population was 30 people. The village of Bangsund was the

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of the old municipality of Klinga which existed from 1891 until the dissolution of the municipality in 1964. One of Bangsund's resources was the "Bangdalsbruget"

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. The mill burned to the ground in 1907 and was rebuilt in 1910. The sawmill was then used until 1980 and is said to have been one of the biggest sawmills in

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References

Villages in Trøndelag Namsos {{Trøndelag-geo-stub