Å is a

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in the municipality of

Åfjord 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, Årne ...

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 Denmar ...

county,

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. The village is also called Årnes or Å i Åfjord or just Åfjord. It is the

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of the municipality. The village is located at the end of the

Åfjorden The Åfjorden (or sometimes just Åfjord) is a fjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long fjord lies inside the municipality of Åfjord. The municipal center of Åfjord, Årnes, lies at the head of the fjord. The Åfjorden flows into the La ...

, about west of the village of By. The lake

Stordalsvatnet Stordalsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Åfjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake is located on the Stordalselva river which flows into the Åfjorden. The lake lies between the villages of By (on the east end) and Årnes Årne ...

lies just east of the village.

Åfjord Church Åfjord Church ( no, Åfjord kirke) 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 ...

is located in Å, just west of the Nordalselva river. The village has a population (2018) of 1,212 and a

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of .

Name

The village is named after the old ''Aa'' farm, first referenced in 1329 as ''"Aom"''. The name "Aa" ( non, Ár) comes from the plural of ''á'' which means "(small) river", probably because two rivers run together beneath the farm. With the 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, the

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changed the name from "Å i Åfjord" to "Årnes".

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Villages in Trøndelag Åfjord {{Trøndelag-geo-stub

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