Råkvåg or Råkvågen is a village in the municipality of Rissa

Rissa, Norway

Rissa is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnset...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located at the inner part of the Stjørnfjord

Stjørnfjord

The Stjørnfjord or Stjørnfjorden is an arm of Trondheimsfjord that flows through the municipalities of Bjugn, Ørland, and Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The long fjord stretches southwest from the mouth of the Nordelva river near the village of Råkvåg to the Trondheimsfjord near Brekstad...

 in the northern part of Rissa. It is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Husbysjøen

Husbysjøen

Husbysjøen is a village in the municipality of Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It was the administrative centre of the former municipality of Stjørna prior to its merger into neighboring Rissa in 1964....

 and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Høybakken

Høybakken

Høybakken is a village in the municipality of Bjugn in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Stjørnfjord, about south of the municipal center of Botngård. The area was once part of the municipality of Stjørna. The village is home to the Heggvik church....

 in Bjugn

Bjugn

Bjugn is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The village of Botngård is the administrative centre of Bjugn municipality...

. The Ramsvik Church

Ramsvik Church

Ramsvik Church is a church in the municipality of Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located at Ramsvik, just south of the village of Råkvåg near the Stjørnfjord. It was originally built as a chapel, but has been expanded and is now a church. It is the old church in Rissa...

 lies just south of the village.

The 0.58 square kilometres (143.3 acre) village has a population (2009) of 243. This gives it a population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

of 419 PD/km2.

Råkvåg is popular with boat owners. It has become a tradition to meet here on one weekend during the summer, when boats of all sizes and people of all ages gather to relax and socialize.