Røyrvik Municipality
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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
- 0.3/km (0.78/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −15.1%
- Demonym
- Røyrvik-folk
- Norwegian form
- Neutral
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Nord-Trøndelag
- Capital
- Røyrvik
- Official language
- Southern Sami
- Population
- 439
- Area
- 0.36
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Strömsund Municipality
- Official website
- www.royrvik.kommune.no
- Image
- Royrvik.jpg
- Households
- 0
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- Commons category
- Røyrvik
- topic's main category
- Category:Røyrvik Municipality
- native label
- Raarvihken tjïelte
- inception
- 1923-07-01
- different from
- Røyrvik
- language used
- Southern Sami
- separated from
- Grong Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Røyrvik Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.