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Flatanger Municipality

municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Trøndelag
District: Namdalen
Established: 1 Jan 1871
Preceded by: Fosnes Municipality
Administrative centre: Lauvsnes
Mayor 2011: Olav Jørgen Bjørkås ( Sp )
Total: 458.71 km (177.11 sq mi)
Land: 433.53 km (167.39 sq mi)
Water: 25.18 km (9.72 sq mi) 5.5%
Rank: # 216 in Norway
Highest elevation: 611.49 m (2,006.2 ft)
Density: 2.4/km (6.2/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −0.4%
Demonym: Flatangring
Norwegian form: Neutral
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Flatanger is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is Lauvsnes. Other villages include Jøssund, Hasvåg, and Vik.

The 459-square-kilometre (177 sq mi) municipality is the 216th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Flatanger Municipality is the 326th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,116. The municipality's population density is 2.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.2/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.4% over the previous 10-year period.