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Namdalen is a traditional district
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....
 in the central part of Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
, consisting of the municipalities Namsos
Namsos

is a town and 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 town of Namsos....
, Grong
Grong

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 Medi?....
, Overhalla
Overhalla

Overhalla 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 Overhalla....
, Røyrvik
Røyrvik

R?yrvik 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 Limingen....
, 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....
, Nærøy
Nærøy

N?r?y is a Municipalities of Norway in Nord-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway. Norway's smallest List of cities in Norway, Kolvereid is the administration centre of the municipality....
, Høylandet
Høylandet

H?ylandet 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 H?ylandet....
, Namdalseid
Namdalseid

Namdalseid 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 Namdalseid....
, Flatanger
Flatanger

Flatanger 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 Flatanger....
, Leka
Leka, Norway

Leka 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 Leka....
, Namsskogan
Namsskogan

Namsskogan is a Municipalities of Norway in Nord-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. Namsskogan is located in the upper part of the long Namdalen valley Districts of Norway....
 and Vikna
Vikna

Vikna 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 R?rvik....
, all in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag

is a Counties of Norway in the central Norway regions of Norway called Tr?ndelag....
 county, and in addition Bindal
Bindal

Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland Districts of Norway in the extreme southwest part of Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. Bindal borders four municipalities in Nord-Tr?ndelag: H?ylandet and N?r?y in the south, Namsskogan in the southeast, and Leka, Norway in the west....
, which lies in Nordland
Nordland

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Tr?ndelag in the south, Norrbottens l?n in Sweden to the east, V?sterbottens l?n to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west....
. The centre of this district is the valley Namdalen and the river Namsen
Namsen

Namsen is a river in Nord-Tr?ndelag county in Norway. It flows from R?yrvik, through the Namdalen valley to the coast, ending in the town of Namsos and Namsenfjord, the same fjord into which the smaller river ?rg?rdselva flows....
, one of the best salmon
Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout,the difference is often attributed to the migratory life of the salmon as compared to the residential behaviour of trout, this holds true for the Atlantic salmon....
 rivers in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 (only Tana river in Finnmark
Finnmark

or Finnm?rku is a Counties of Norway in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast....
 yields a larger catch of salmon).






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Namdalen is a traditional district
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....
 in the central part of Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
, consisting of the municipalities Namsos
Namsos

is a town and 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 town of Namsos....
, Grong
Grong

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 Medi?....
, Overhalla
Overhalla

Overhalla 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 Overhalla....
, Røyrvik
Røyrvik

R?yrvik 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 Limingen....
, 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....
, Nærøy
Nærøy

N?r?y is a Municipalities of Norway in Nord-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway. Norway's smallest List of cities in Norway, Kolvereid is the administration centre of the municipality....
, Høylandet
Høylandet

H?ylandet 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 H?ylandet....
, Namdalseid
Namdalseid

Namdalseid 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 Namdalseid....
, Flatanger
Flatanger

Flatanger 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 Flatanger....
, Leka
Leka, Norway

Leka 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 Leka....
, Namsskogan
Namsskogan

Namsskogan is a Municipalities of Norway in Nord-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. Namsskogan is located in the upper part of the long Namdalen valley Districts of Norway....
 and Vikna
Vikna

Vikna 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 R?rvik....
, all in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag

is a Counties of Norway in the central Norway regions of Norway called Tr?ndelag....
 county, and in addition Bindal
Bindal

Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland Districts of Norway in the extreme southwest part of Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. Bindal borders four municipalities in Nord-Tr?ndelag: H?ylandet and N?r?y in the south, Namsskogan in the southeast, and Leka, Norway in the west....
, which lies in Nordland
Nordland

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Tr?ndelag in the south, Norrbottens l?n in Sweden to the east, V?sterbottens l?n to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west....
. The centre of this district is the valley Namdalen and the river Namsen
Namsen

Namsen is a river in Nord-Tr?ndelag county in Norway. It flows from R?yrvik, through the Namdalen valley to the coast, ending in the town of Namsos and Namsenfjord, the same fjord into which the smaller river ?rg?rdselva flows....
, one of the best salmon
Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout,the difference is often attributed to the migratory life of the salmon as compared to the residential behaviour of trout, this holds true for the Atlantic salmon....
 rivers in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 (only Tana river in Finnmark
Finnmark

or Finnm?rku is a Counties of Norway in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast....
 yields a larger catch of salmon). Agriculture and forestry
Forestry

Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests....
 has always been important in Namdalen. Norway spruce
Norway Spruce

Norway Spruce is a species of spruce native to Europe. It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 35-55 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1-1.5 m....
 is the most important tree species. The grain
GRAIN

GRAIN is an international non-governmental organization based in Barcelona, Spain, which works toward sustainable agriculture. It was formed upon the realization that the genetic diversity of the world's food crops are being drastically eliminated....
 fields in the lower part of the valley are among the most northern in Norway. Part of the forest in the coastal part of the valley belongs to the Scandinavian coastal conifer forests
Scandinavian coastal conifer forests

This forest is one of the last remaining conifer rainforests in Europe ....
 type.

In the early Viking Age
Viking Age

Viking Age is the term for the period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, spanning the eighth to eleventh centuries....
, before Harald Fairhair, Namdalen was a petty kingdom
Petty kingdom

A petty kingdom is an independent realm recognizing no Suzerainty and controlling only a portion of the territory held by a particular ethnic group or nation....
.

The name

The Norse form of the name was Naumudalr. The first element is the genitive case of the rivername Nauma (now Namsen
Namsen

Namsen is a river in Nord-Tr?ndelag county in Norway. It flows from R?yrvik, through the Namdalen valley to the coast, ending in the town of Namsos and Namsenfjord, the same fjord into which the smaller river ?rg?rdselva flows....
), the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. The meaning of the rivername is unknown.

See also Namsos
Namsos

is a town and 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 town of Namsos....
.