Varntresk is a village in the municipality of
Hattfjelldal
Hattfjelldal ( sma, Aarborte) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hattfjelldal. Other villages include Grubben, Svenskvo ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
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 ...
. The village is located on the eastern shore of the large lake
Røssvatnet
or is a lake and reservoir in the municipalities of Hattfjelldal and Hemnes in Nordland county, Norway. It has been the site of human occupation since the Stone Age. Its area of makes it the second largest lake in Norway by surface area. With ...
. The lake
Famnvatnet
or is a lake in the municipality of Hattfjelldal in Nordland county, Norway. The lake is located about east of Røssvatnet and about west of the border with Sweden. The nearby lake Krutvatnet lies about to the south.
See also
* List of lak ...
lies about east of the village.
Varntresk Church
Varntresk Church ( no, Varntresk kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hattfjelldal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Varntresk. It is one of the churches for the Hattfjelldal parish which is ...
is located in this village, and it serves the northern part of the municipality. There is also a small school in Varntresk. The
village of Hattfjelldal, the municipal centre, lies about to the south.
References
Hattfjelldal
Villages in Nordland
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