Namsskogan is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Namsskogan is located in the upper part of the long Namdalen valley

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. The

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of the municipality is the village of Namsskogan. Other villages in the municipality include

Brekkvasselv Brekkvasselv is a village in the municipality of Namsskogan in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the river Namsen about southwest of the village of Namsskogan and about northeast of Trones. The village sits at the intersection of ...

, Smalåsen,

Skorovatn Skorovatn is a village in the municipality of Namsskogan in Trøndelag county, Norway. The old Skorovas Gruber mine is here, but it closed in 1984. Skorovatn is located right on the border with the municipality of Røyrvik, just south of the la ...

, and Trones. The village of Namsskogan lies along the river Namsen in the northern part of the municipality. 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 through the village. The municipality is the 64th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Namsskogan is the 344th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 818. The municipality's

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is and its population has decreased by 10.7% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The municipality of Namsskogan was established on 1 July 1923 when it was separated from the large municipality of Grong. Initially, the population of Namsskogan was 469. The municipal boundaries have not changed since. On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

county to the new

county.

Name

The name of the municipality was created in 1923. The first element is the name of the river Namsen and the last element is the

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form of ''skog'' which means "

wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin th ...

s". Therefore, the meaning of the name is "the woodlands around Namsen".

Coat of arms

The

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...

was granted on 21 December 1984. The arms show a gold

moose The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult mal ...

antler Antlers are extensions of an animal's skull found in members of the Cervidae (deer) family. Antlers are a single structure composed of bone, cartilage, fibrous tissue, skin, nerves, and blood vessels. They are generally found only on male ...

on a black background. The municipality is heavily

forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...

ed and many moose can be found in the area. The arms are based on a very large antler, with a rare golden color, which hangs on the community hall.

Churches

The

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

has one parish () within the municipality of Namsskogan. It is part of the

Namdal prosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros which covers all of Trøndelag county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery in the diocese. Administrat ...

(

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...

) in the

Diocese of Nidaros Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg ...

Geography

Namsskogan is located in the northeast part of

county. It is a heavily forested area with several large lakes including

Kalvvatnet or is a lake in Norway that lies in Namsskogan municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county and Bindal municipality in Nordland county. Most of the lake is in Bindal, about northwest of the Namsskogan (village), village of Nam ...

Mellingsvatnet or is a lake in Norway. The lake lies in the municipalities of Namsskogan (in Trøndelag county) and Grane (in Nordland county). The lake lies about west of the European route E6 highway on the border of the two municipalities. See also * ...

Storfrøyningen , also known as , is a lake in the municipality of Namsskogan in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies about west of the European route E6 highway and the river Namsen, about north of the village of Namsskogan. See also * List of lakes i ...

Storgåsvatnet or is a lake in the municipality of Namsskogan in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies in the northern part of the municipality, southwest of the lake Mellingsvatnet and west of the European route E6 highway. It is near Børgefjell Nati ...

, and

Tunnsjøflyan Tunnsjøflyan is a lake in the municipality of Røyrvik (and a very small part of Namsskogan) in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake drains out into the large lake Tunnsjøen or is a lake in the municipalities of Røyrvik and Lierne in Trøn ...

. The river Namsen runs south through the Namdalen valley. The extreme northeastern part of the municipality is part of Børgefjell National Park.

Climate

Namsskogan, located inland in the upper part of Namdalen valley, has a

boreal climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...

, but with more winter precipitation than in most other boreal climates, so there is often a lot of snow on the ground in winter. The all-time high is from July 2019. Warmest month on record was July 2014 with monthly mean , average daily high and 8 days with high at or above . The all-time low was recorded January 2010. The coldest month in recent decades was December 2010 with monthly mean and average daily high . The weather station started recording in 1895; there might be colder lows recorded before 2006.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Namskogan, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

health services Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wiktionary:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physical and menta ...

, senior citizen services,

unemployment Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for Work (human activity), w ...

and other

social services Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged. They may be provided by individuals, private and independent organisations, or administe ...

zoning Zoning is a method of urban planning in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into areas called zones, each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones. Zones may be defined for a si ...

economic development In the economics study of the public sector, economic and social development is the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals and o ...

, and municipal

road A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...

s. The municipality is governed by a

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

of elected representatives, which in turn elect a

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. The municipality falls under the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The

() of Namskogan is made up of 13 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the council is as follows:

Politics

In the 2007 municipal elections, Namsskogan had the highest vote for the Socialist Left party in Norway, at 33.6 per cent.

Notable Person

Lene Cecilia Sparrok Lene Cecilia Sparrok (born 6 October 1997) is a Norwegian Southern Sámi reindeer herder and actress. She was the main protagonist, Elle-Marja, in the Sami 2016 film ''Sami Blood'', for which she won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leadi ...

(born 1997) a Norwegian Southern Sámi actress IMDb Database
retrieved 13 September 2020

References

External links

*
Municipal fact sheet
from

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every yea ...

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