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Levanger Municipality

municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Trøndelag
District: Innherred
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Levanger
Mayor 2019: Anita Ravlo Sand ( Sp )
Total: 645.80 km (249.34 sq mi)
Land: 609.74 km (235.42 sq mi)
Water: 36.06 km (13.92 sq mi) 5.6%
Rank: # 174 in Norway
Highest elevation: 735.35 m (2,412.6 ft)
Density: 31.9/km (83/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +7.1%
Demonym: Levangsbygg
Norwegian form: Neutral
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Levanger (Norwegian) or Levangke (Southern Sami) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the district of Innherred. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Alstadhaug, Ekne, Hokstad, Markabygda, Momarka, Mule, Nesset, Okkenhaug, Ronglan, Skogn, and Åsen.

The town of Levanger lies at the mouth of the Levangselva river along the Trondheimsfjord. One of the main roads through the town is Kirkegata. The 5-square-kilometre (1.9 sq mi) town has a population (2024) of 10,813, meaning about half the municipal residents live in the town. The town has held "town status" as of 1997 and houses a campus of the Nord University as of 2016.