Lysøysundet is a

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in the municipality of

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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 Denma ...

county,

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. The village is located in the northern part of the municipality near the island of Lauvøya and the end of the

Åfjorden The Åfjorden (or sometimes just Åfjord) is a fjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long fjord lies inside the municipality of Åfjord. The municipal center of Åfjord, Årnes Årnes is a village in Nes municipality in Viken County ( ...

. It is about northeast of the village of Jøssund. The village lies on the mainland and on the nearby island of Lysøya which is connected by a bridge. The village has a population (2018) of 279 and a

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of . The village is divided into several areas: Lysøya, Rømmen, Hellesvika, Tiltrem, Olden, Teksdal, and Sundet. Lysøysundet has an elementary school,

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, and a

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References

Villages in Trøndelag Ørland {{Trøndelag-geo-stub