Snåsa
Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Snåsa (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsnòːsɑ]; Southern Sami: Snåase) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Snåsa. Other villages include Agle and Jørstad.
Snåsa Municipality
Snåsa kommune Snåasen tjïelte | |
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Snaasen herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 64°13′28″N 12°37′31″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Trøndelag |
District | Innherad |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Snåsa |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Arnt Einar Bardal (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,342.66 km2 (904.51 sq mi) |
• Land | 2,145.71 km2 (828.46 sq mi) |
• Water | 196.95 km2 (76.04 sq mi) 8.4% |
• Rank | #23 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 2,021 |
• Rank | #277 in Norway |
• Density | 0.9/km2 (2/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −6.2% |
Demonym | Snåsning[1] |
Official languages | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
• Sámi form | Southern Sami |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-5041[3] |
Website | Official website |
Snåsa is one of the last strongholds for the seriously endangered Southern Sami language.
The 2,343-square-kilometre (905 sq mi) municipality is the 23rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Snåsa is the 277th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,021 inhabitants. The municipality's population density is 0.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 6.2% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]