Årnset or Rissa is the

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of Indre Fosen Municipality in

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county,

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. It is located on the north shore of the lake Botn about south of the village of Hasselvika and about north of the villages of Stadsbygd and Askjem. The village has a population (2024) of 1,250 and a

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of . Rissa Church, Rein Church, and Rein Abbey are all located in and around Årnset. Prior to 2020, the village was the administrative centre of the old Rissa Municipality (which is why the village is known as Rissa). On 1 January 2020, Rissa Municipality became part of Indre Fosen Municipality, and the village became the administrative centre of the new municipality.

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Villages in Trøndelag Indre Fosen Rissa, Norway {{Trøndelag-geo-stub