Kolvereid is a town in the municipality of

Nærøysund Nærøysund is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the merger of the old municipalities of Vikna and Nærøy. The municipali ...

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

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of Kolvereid is located at the west end of the Kolvereidvågen bay, off of the inner part of the Foldafjord. The

Norwegian County Road 770 Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

runs through the town, connecting it to

Rørvik Rørvik is a port town and administrative centre in the municipality of Nærøysund in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is on the eastern side of the Vikna archipelago on the island of Inner-Vikna. The town has a population (2022) of 3,385 and a po ...

to the west and

Foldereid Foldereid is a village in Nærøysund municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located near the inner part of the Folda fjord, the ''Innerfolda'', just south of the border with Nordland county. The Norwegian County Road 770 ...

to the east. The town was the

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of the old

Nærøy Municipality Nærøy () is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Nærøysund Municipality. It was part of the Namdalen region. Norway's smallest town, Kolvereid, wa ...

until 2020 when it was merged into

Nærøysund Municipality Nærøysund is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the merger of the old municipalities of Vikna and Nærøy. The municipali ...

The municipality of Nærøy declared town status for the village of Kolvereid in 2002, making it the smallest town in Norway. The town has a population (2018) of 1,723 and a

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of . Kolvereid is located in the middle of Nærøy, with the town located on the shore of the

Folda Folda may refer to: Places * Folda, Angus, a hamlet in Angus, Scotland * Folda, Nordland, a fjord in Nordland county, Norway * Folda (Rindal), a river in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway * Folda, Trøndelag, a firth and fjord in T ...

fjord. The area has grown considerably over the past 30 years. It has a well-developed trade and service industry. Kolvereid is home to the municipality's culture centre, comprising a stage and a cinema, a sports hall, as well as outdoor sports facilities.

Kolvereid Church Kolvereid Church ( no, Kolvereid kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nærøysund municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the town of Kolvereid. It is the one of the churches for the Nærøy parish which is part ...

dates back to 1874; the church was designed by architect

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. It was built of wood and has 350 seats. Kolvereid was the

of the old municipality of

Kolvereid Kolvereid is a town in the municipality of Nærøysund in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town of Kolvereid is located at the west end of the Kolvereidvågen bay, off of the inner part of the Foldafjord. The Norwegian County Road 770 runs throu ...

which existed from 1838 until 1964.

Notable residents

* Betzy Holter (1893–1979), actress *

References

External links

Kolvereid.noKaakenmagasinet.comNærøy kommune
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