Flatanger

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Flatanger

Flatanger is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a Counties of Norway in the central Norway regions of Norway called Tr?ndelag....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the Namdalen

Namdalen

Namdalen is a Districts of Norway in the central part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Namsos, Grong, Overhalla, R?yrvik, Fosnes, N?r?y, H?ylandet, Namdalseid, Flatanger, Leka, Norway, Namsskogan and Vikna, all in Nord-Tr?ndelag county, and in addition Bindal, which lies in Nordland....
region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Flatanger. Flatanger was separated from Fosnes

Fosnes

Fosnes is a Municipalities of Norway in Nord-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of J?a....
on 1 January 1871. The municipality consists of almost 1,400 islands of various sizes.

municipality is named after a fjord

Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
(the last element is angr which means "fjord").

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Flatanger is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a Counties of Norway in the central Norway regions of Norway called Tr?ndelag....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the Namdalen

Namdalen

Districts of Norway

Fosnes

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Name

The municipality is named after a fjord

Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
(the last element is angr which means "fjord"). The first element is probably flat which means "flat", but in what meaning is unknown.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times. They were granted in 1990. The arms show three chevrons which represent the front of a boat.