Fosnes

E450565

Fosnes was a former rural municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway, known for its coastal landscape and small, dispersed population.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fosnes canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality ⓘ
administrativeCentre Dun ⓘ
areaLandKm2 about 466 ⓘ
areaTotalKm2 about 544 ⓘ
areaWaterKm2 about 78 ⓘ
borderedBy Flatanger ⓘ
Namsos ⓘ
Nærøy (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Nærøy

Overhalla ⓘ
coastLine Norwegian Sea ⓘ
coatOfArms blue field with three silver boats (until 2019) ⓘ
coatOfArmsAdopted 1988 ⓘ
coatOfArmsMotive traditional Nordland boats ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
demonym Fosnesing ⓘ
dissolutionDate 1 January 2020 ⓘ
dissolved 2020 ⓘ
established 1838 ⓘ
establishedAs formannskapsdistrikt ⓘ
hasCapital Dun ⓘ
hasChurch Dun Church ⓘ
Fosnes Church ⓘ
hasIsland Elvalandet ⓘ
Jøa ⓘ
part of Otterøya ⓘ
hasParish Fosnes parish ⓘ
knownFor coastal landscape ⓘ
small dispersed population ⓘ
languageForm Bokmål ⓘ
languageOfficial Norwegian ⓘ
locatedIn Central Norway ⓘ
linked to: central Norway
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Nord-Trøndelag ⓘ
Trøndelag ⓘ
locatedInEcclesiasticalTerritory Nidaros Diocese ⓘ
locatedOn island of Elvalandet ⓘ
island of Jøa ⓘ
island of Otterøya (partly) ⓘ
islands and coastal mainland ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
aquaculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
mergedInto Namsos ⓘ
municipalCode 1755 ⓘ
populationDensityPerKm2 about 1.3 ⓘ
populationTotal around 600 (2019) ⓘ
region Namdalen ⓘ
separatedFrom Namdalen fogderi (historical district) ⓘ
linked to: Namdalen district
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.