Å, Åfjord
Encyclopedia
Å is a village
in the municipality of Åfjord
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The village is also called Årnes or Å i Åfjord or just Åfjord. It is the administrative center of the municipality. The village is located at the end of the Åfjorden, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the village of By
. The lake Stordalsvatnet
lies just east of the village. The 1.55 square kilometres (383 acre) village has a population of 1,137. Åfjord church
is located in Å, just west of the Nordalselva river.
: Ár) comes from the plural of á which means "(small) river", probably because two rivers run together beneath the farm. With the Norwegian spelling reforms in the early 20th century, the letter "Aa" was changed to "Å". On 13 July 1934, the name of the municipality was changed from "Å" to "Åfjord". Since then, the administrative centre in the municipality was referred to as "Å i Åfjord". On 1 November 1980, the postal service changed the name from "Å i Åfjord" to "Årnes".
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the municipality of Åfjord
Åfjord
Åfjord 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 Årnes. Other villages in the municipality include Revsnes, Harsvika, and By...
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...
. The village is also called Årnes or Å i Åfjord or just Åfjord. It is the administrative center of the municipality. The village is located at the end of the Åfjorden, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the village of By
By, Norway
By is a village in the municipality of Åfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located by the lake Stordalsvatnet, about east of the municipal centre of Årnes....
. The lake Stordalsvatnet
Stordalsvatnet
Stordalsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Åfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake is located on the Stordalselva river which flows into the Åfjorden. The lake lies between the villages of By and Årnes ....
lies just east of the village. The 1.55 square kilometres (383 acre) village has a population of 1,137. Åfjord church
Åfjord Church
Åfjord Church is a parish church in the municipality of Åfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the municipal center of Årnes, just east of the Åfjorden and west of the lake Stordalsvatnet....
is located in Å, just west of the Nordalselva river.
Name
The village is named after the old Aa farm, first referenced in 1329 as "Aom". The name "Aa" (Old NorseOld Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Ár) comes from the plural of á which means "(small) river", probably because two rivers run together beneath the farm. With the Norwegian spelling reforms in the early 20th century, the letter "Aa" was changed to "Å". On 13 July 1934, the name of the municipality was changed from "Å" to "Åfjord". Since then, the administrative centre in the municipality was referred to as "Å i Åfjord". On 1 November 1980, the postal service changed the name from "Å i Åfjord" to "Årnes".