Fillan is the administrative centre of

Hitra Hitra is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and hundreds smaller islands, islets, and skerries. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village ...

municipality 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 Denma ...

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 the ...

. The village is located on the northeastern side of the island of Hitra, about south of the village of

Ansnes Ansnes is a village in the municipality of Hitra in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Fillfjorden on the northeastern coast of the island of Hitra. There is a bridge from Ansnes to the island of Fjellværsøya to the ...

. The island of

Fjellværsøya Fjellværsøya is an island in the municipality of Hitra in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the eastern part of Hitra municipality, east of the main island of Hitra and it is surrounded by the Frøyfjorden, Kråkvågfjorden, ...

lies about to the northeast, across the Fillfjorden. The village has a population (2018) of 1,058 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...

of . The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Fillan that existed from 1886 until 1964.

Fillan Church Fillan Church ( no, Fillan kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hitra municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fillan on the east coast of the island of Hitra. It is one of the churches for the ' ...

is located in the village.

Media gallery

FillanCommunityCentre.JPG, View of Fillan Fillan.JPG, View of Fillan Fillan krike.JPG,

References

Villages in Trøndelag Hitra {{Trøndelag-geo-stub