Høylandet (village)

Høylandet
Høylandet
	Village
	Aerial view of the village
	Høylandet Location of the village Høylandet Høylandet (Norway)
	Coordinates: 64.6285°N 12.3028°E
Country	Norway
Region	Central Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Namdalen
Municipality	Høylandet
Area [1]
• Total	0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	23 m (75 ft)
Population (2018)[1]
• Total	338
• Density	786/km2 (2,040/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	7977 Høylandet

Høylandet is the administrative centre of Høylandet municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located lies along the river Søråa in the southern part of Høylandet, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the village of Vassbotna and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of the village of Gartland (and access to the European route E6 highway and the Nordlandsbanen railway). The Norwegian County Road 17 runs through Høylandet. Høylandet Church is located on the north side of the village.

The 0.43-square-kilometre (110-acre) village has a population (2018) of 338 and a population density of 786 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,040/sq mi).[1]

Name

The name of the village (and municipality) comes from the Old Norse form of the name: Høylandir. The first element is høy which means "hay" and the last element is the plural form of land which means "land" or "region". The name was historically spelled Hølandet.[3]

References

Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
"Høylandet (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (dokpro.uio.no) (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 267.

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[ssb-1] Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".

[2] "Høylandet (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

[3] Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (dokpro.uio.no) (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 267.