Åfjord

	Åfjord Åfjord may refer to: Places * Åfjord Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Å, Åfjord Åfjord (also known as: Årnes, Å i Åfjord, or just Å) is the administrative center of Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Åfjorden, about west of the village of By, Norway, By. The lak ... (also known as ''Åfjord''), a village within Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Åfjorden, a fjord in Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Åfjord Church, a church in Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Other * Åfjord IL, a sports club based in Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Åfjord Municipality Åfjord is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Å, Åfjord, Årnes. Other villages in the municipality include Revsnes, Trøndelag, Revsnes, Roan (village), Roan, Bessaker, Harsvika, and By, Norway, By. Åfjord is located on the northwestern side of the Fosen peninsula, northwest of the city of Trondheim (city), Trondheim. The municipality is the 74th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Åfjord is the 197th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,339. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 2.6% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of ''Aafjord'' was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 26 March 1870, a royal resolution moved a small, unpopulated part to Aafjord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Å, Åfjord Åfjord (also known as: Årnes, Å i Åfjord, or just Å) is the administrative center of Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Åfjorden, about west of the village of By, Norway, By. The lake Stordalsvatnet lies just east of the village. Åfjord Church is located in Å, just west of the Nordalselva river. The village has a population (2024) of 1,386 and a population density of . Name The village is named after the old ''Aa'' farm, first referenced in 1329 as ''"Aom"''. The name "Aa" () comes from the plural of ''á'' which means "(small) river", probably because two rivers run together beneath the farm. With the Norwegian language conflict, Norwegian spelling reforms in the early 20th century, the letter "Aa" was changed to "Å". On 13 July 1934, the name of the municipality was changed from "Å" to "Åfjord". Since then, the administrative centre in the municipality was referred to as "Å i Åfjord". On 1 November 1980, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Åfjord Church Åfjord Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Årnes, just east of the Åfjorden and west of the lake Stordalsvatnet. It is one of two churches in the ''Åfjord og Stoksund'' parish which is part of the Fosen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1879 using plans drawn up by the architect Knut Guttormsen. The church seats 430 people. It was consecrated on 9 October 1879 by Bishop Andreas Grimelund. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1329, but the church was not new that year. The first church was a stave church that was likely built in the 13th century on a site about southeast of the present church site. The church was originally dedicated to John the Baptist. The church was historically known as ''Aa Church''. The old church was repaired in 1675, 1684, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Åfjorden The Åfjorden is a fjord in Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of .... The Åfjorden flows into the Lauvøyfjorden between the village of Lysøysundet and the island of Lauvøya, and then it flows out into the ocean. The municipal center of Åfjord, Årnes, lies at the head of the fjord. References Åfjord Fjords of Trøndelag {{Trøndelag-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]