Røyrvik Municipality

municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Trøndelag
District: Namdalen
Established: 1 July 1923
Preceded by: Grong Municipality
Administrative centre: Røyrvik
Mayor 2023: Kennet Tømmermo Reitan ( LL )
Total: 1,584.74 km (611.87 sq mi)
Land: 1,329.62 km (513.37 sq mi)
Water: 255.12 km (98.50 sq mi) 16.1%
Rank: # 50 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,511.98 m (4,960.6 ft)
Density

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Røyrvik (Norwegian) or Raarvihke (Southern Sami) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Røyrvik. The area has always had a strong Sami influence. The village lays relatively close to the border with Sweden and the municipal boundary eastwards forms part of the international border.

The 1,585-square-kilometre (612 sq mi) municipality is the 50th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Røyrvik Municipality is the 355th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 423 making it the 3rd smallest municipal population in Norway (after Modalen Municipality and Utsira Municipality). The municipality's population density is 0.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.78/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 15.1% over the previous 10-year period.