Hommelvik is the

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of the municipality of

Malvik Malvik is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik include Muruvika, Smiskaret, Sneisen, Vikhammer, an ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

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. The village is located at the end of the ''Hommelvika'', a

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...

off of the

Trondheimsfjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from the municipality of Ørland in ...

. Hommelvik is about southwest of the village of

Muruvika Muruvika or Muruvik is a village in the municipality of Malvik in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located near the end of the Stjørdalsfjorden, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord. The village sits about north of the village of Hommelvik, ...

, about southeast of the village of Smiskaret, about east of the village of

Vikhammer Vikhammer is a village in the municipality of Malvik in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, about east of the village of Hundhammeren. The villages of Hundhammeren, Vikhammer, Saksvik (all i ...

, and about north of the village of Sneisen. The river Homla runs north through the village, emptying into the fjord. The name of the village is derived from the river name. The village has a population (2018) of 5,418 and a

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of . Hommelvik Church is located in the village, just south of the shoreline. The

European route E6 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and t ...

highway runs around the village and the

Trøndelag Commuter Rail The Trøndelag Commuter Rail ( no, Trønderbanen, ) is a commuter train service operating in Trøndelag county, Norway. It was operated by Vy (formerly Norwegian State Railways (NSB)) with Class 92 diesel multiple units, until 7 June 2020 when ...

has a stop at

Hommelvik Station Hommelvik Station is a railway station located in the village of Hommelvik in the municipality of Malvik in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is east of the city of Trondheim. The station is located on the Nordland Line, and it is served hourly ...

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* Villages in Trøndelag Malvik {{Trøndelag-geo-stub