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Meråker Municipality

municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Trøndelag
District: Stjørdalen
Established: 1 Jan 1874
Preceded by: Øvre Stjørdalen Municipality
Administrative centre: Midtbygda
Mayor 2023: Kari Anita Furunes ( Sp )
Total: 1,273.94 km (491.87 sq mi)
Land: 1,188.06 km (458.71 sq mi)
Water: 85.88 km (33.16 sq mi) 6.7%
Rank: # 80 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,441.36 m (4,728.9 ft)
Density: 1.9/km (4.9/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −3.9%
Demonym: Meråkerbygg
Norwegian form: Bokmål
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Meråker or Mearohke (Southern Sami) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda which is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Storlien in Sweden and 46 kilometres (29 mi) east of the town of Stjørdalshalsen in neighboring Stjørdal Municipality. Other villages in the municipality include Gudåa, Kopperå, and Stordalsvollen.

The 1,274-square-kilometre (492 sq mi) municipality is the 80th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Meråker Municipality is the 259th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,454. The municipality's population density is 1.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.9/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.9% over the previous 10-year period.