Official Name: | Å |
Other Name: | Åfjord / Å i Åfjord / Årnes |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Trøndelag#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Trøndelag |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Fosen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Åfjord |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.76 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Total: | 1,212 |
Population Density Km2: | 689 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 7170 Åfjord |
Coordinates: | 63.9607°N 10.2247°W |
Elevation M: | 9 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Å is a village in the municipality of Åfjord in 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, about west of the village of By. The lake Stordalsvatnet lies just east of the village.[2] Åfjord Church is located in Å, just west of the Nordalselva river.
The 1.76km2 village has a population (2018) of 1,212 and a population density of .[3]
The village is named after the old Aa farm, first referenced in 1329 as "Aom". The name "Aa" (Norse, Old: Ár) comes from the plural of á which means "(small) river", probably because two rivers run together beneath the farm.[4] 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".
. Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt. 14. Oluf Rygh. W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. 1901. Kristiania, Norge. 23. Norwegian.