Sørfjorden or Mælan is a village in

Indre Fosen Municipality Indre Fosen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Fosen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnset. Other villages in Indre Fosen include Askjem, Dalbygda, ...

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county,

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. The village is located at the head of the Sørfjorden, an arm of the Stjørnfjorden. It is located about southeast of the village of

Råkvåg Råkvåg () is a village in Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the inner part of the Stjørnfjorden in the northern part of what was the old Rissa Municipality. It is about north of the village of Husbysjø ...

, about east of

Husbysjøen Husbysjøen or Husby is a village in Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the south side of the Sørfjorden (Trøndelag), Sørfjorden, an arm of the Stjørnfjorden. It is located about west of the v ...

, about northeast of the village of

Hasselvika Hasselvika is a village in Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord about north of the municipal center of Årnset. It is the location of the old military fort as well as the Hasselvika Chur ...

, and about north of the lake Storvatnet.

Ramsvik Church Ramsvik Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at Ramsvik, on the south side of the village of Råkvåg, on the shore of the Stjørnfjorden. It is one of the c ...

is located on the north shore of the fjord, just west of the village. The village (including neighboring

) had a population (2014) of 243 and a

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of . Since 2014, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by

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