Sona is a village in the
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 ...
of
Stjørdal
Stjørdal () or is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen. Some of the villages in the municipalit ...
in
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,
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 ...
. It is located in the eastern part of the municipality, about east of the town of
Stjørdalshalsen
Stjørdalshalsen (also known as Stjørdal or Halsen) is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located between the rivers Stjørdalselva and Gråelva to the south and north and ...
. It lies along the
Stjørdalselva
Stjørdalselva ( en, Stjørdal River) is a long river that reaches from near the Norwegian–Swedish border down the Stjørdalen valley through the municipalities of Meråker and Stjørdal before entering the Trondheimsfjord. The mouth is locate ...
river about half-way between the villages of
Hegra
HEGRA, which stands for ''High-Energy-Gamma-Ray Astronomy'', was an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope for Gamma-ray astronomy. With its various types of detectors, HEGRA took data between 1987 and 2002, at which point it was dismantled in order ...
and
Flornes
Flornes is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality along the Stjørdalselva river, about east of the town of Stjørdalshalsen. The village of Sona lies to t ...
. The
Meråkerbanen railway line used to stop here at
Sona Station
Sona Station ( no, Sona stasjon) was a railway station on the Meråker Line in the village of Sona in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northe ...
, and the
European route E14
European route E14 is a part of the International E-road network. It begins in Trondheim, Norway, and ends in Sundsvall, Sweden. The road is long.
The road follows the route Trondheim - Storlien – Östersund – Sundsvall. Just east of Tron ...
highway also runs through the village.
References
Villages in Trøndelag
Stjørdal
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