Namsskogan Municipality

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Namsskogan is a municipality in Trøndelag, Norway. Namsskogan is located in the upper part of the long Namdalen valley region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Namsskogan. Other villages in the municipality include Brekkvasselv, Smalåsen, Skorovatn, and Trones.

The village of Namsskogan lies along the river Namsen in the northern part of the municipality. The European route E6 highway runs through the village.

The Template:Convert municipality is the 64th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Namsskogan is the 345th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 810. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has decreased by 12.1% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

Economy: In 2024, the municipality earned some hundred thousand Euro from the sale of hydroelectric power to a facility (in the municipality), that is doing mining of cryptocurrency; The community has already done a deal that is supposed to bring in money in 2025: Norwegian kroner 9.3 million will be the profit, according to media.<ref>https://www.nettavisen.no/okonomi/bitcoinbonanza-kryptofabrikk-gir-kommunen-ekstramillioner/s/5-95-2159581. Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 2024-12-01</ref>

General information

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E6 enters Nord-Norge at the northern end of Namsskogan

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"Nams-Inn" is a small hotel in Namsskogan.

The municipality of Namsskogan was established on 1 July 1923 when it was separated from the large Grong Municipality. Initially, the population of Namsskogan Municipality was 469. The municipal boundaries have not changed since.<ref name="Dag">Template:Cite web</ref> On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Nord-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county.

Name

The municipality is named Namsskogan, a name which was created in 1923. The first element is Template:Lang which comes from the name of the river Namsen and the last element is the plural form of Template:Lang which means "woods". Therefore, the meaning of the name is "the woodlands around Namsen". The river name has an uncertain origin. The first part of the river name comes from the Old Norse word Template:Lang) which has an unknown meaning, but it may come from the word Template:Lang which means "boat". The second part of the river name Template:Lang (Template:Langx) which means "sea".<ref name="snla">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="snlb">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref name="snl">Template:Cite web</ref>

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 21 December 1984. The official blazon is "Sable, moose antlers Or" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a black field (background) and the charge is a set of moose antlers. The antlers have a tincture of Or which means the design is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design was chosen to symbolize the heavily forested municipality where one can find many moose. The arms are based on a very large antler, with a rare golden color, which hangs on the municipal hall. The arms were designed by Nora Stommyrbakken and Einar H. Skjervold. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:See also-text

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (Template:Lang) within Namsskogan Municipality. It is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

**Churches in Namsskogan**
Parish (Template:Lang)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Namsskogan	Trones Church	Trones	1832
	Bjørhusdal Church	Namsskogan	1970
	Skorovatn Chapel	Skorovatn	1965

Geography

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Trongfossen waterfall, Namsen

Namsskogan is located in the northeast part of Trøndelag county. It is a heavily forested area with several large lakes including Kalvvatnet, Mellingsvatnet, Frøyningen, Storgåsvatnet, and Tunnsjøflyan. The river Namsen runs south through the Namdalen valley. The extreme northeastern part of the municipality is part of Børgefjell National Park. The highest point in the municipality is the Template:Convert tall mountain Gisen (Template:Langx).<ref name="elev" />

Climate

Namsskogan, located inland in the upper part of Namdalen valley, has a boreal climate, but with more winter precipitation than in most other boreal climates, so there is often a lot of snow on the ground in winter. The all-time high Template:Convert is from July 2019. Warmest month on record was July 2014 with monthly mean Template:Convert, average daily high Template:Convert and 8 days with high at or above Template:Convert. The all-time low Template:Convert was recorded January 2010. The coldest month in recent decades was December 2010 with monthly mean Template:Convert and average daily high Template:Convert. The weather station started recording in 1895; there might be colder lows recorded before 2006. Template:Weather box

Government

Namsskogan Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

Politics

In the 2007 municipal elections, Namsskogan Municipality had the highest vote for the Socialist Left party in Norway, at 33.6 per cent.

Mayors

The mayor (Template:Langx) of Namsskogan is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Div col