Røyrvik ( sma, Raarvihke) is the administrative centre in

Røyrvik Røyrvik ( sma, Raarvihke, sv, Röyrvik) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Røyrvik. The area has always had a strong Sami influen ...

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 in the central part of the municipality, about west of the border with Sweden. It sits at the northern end of the large lake

Limingen or is a lake in the municipalities of Røyrvik and Lierne in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is the Lakes in Norway#Largest lakes, eighth-largest lake in the country. The lake lies above sea level and has an area of . At the deepest point, it is ...

Børgefjell National Park Børgefjell National Park ( no, Børgefjell nasjonalpark, sma, Byrkije vaarjelimmiedajve) is an undeveloped national park in Norway, straddling the border between Trøndelag and Nordland counties, along the border with Sweden. The park is undeve ...

is located about to the north. Røyrvik Church is located in the village. The village has a population (2018) of 247 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 .

Name

The village (and municipality) is named after the old ''Røyrvik'' farm (historically: ''Røirviken''), since the first church, Røyrvik Church, was built there (in 1828). The first element is ''røyr'' which means

Arctic char The Arctic char or Arctic charr (''Salvelinus alpinus'') is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes and arctic and subarctic coastal waters. Its distribution is Circumpolar North. It spawns in freshwater and populat ...

and the last element is ''vik'' which means " inlet".

References

{{Authority control Villages in Trøndelag Røyrvik