Betna Explained

Official Name:Betna
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Trøndelag#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Trøndelag
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Western Norway
Subdivision Name2:Trøndelag
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Heim Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:6683 Vågland
Elevation M:40
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:63.0877°N 8.3529°W

Betna is a village in the municipality of Heim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It lies at the southeast end of the Skålvik Fjord (Skålvikfjord),[2] where the Betna River (Betnelva) empties into Betna Bay (Betnvågen). The name Betna is derived from the verb beite 'to graze'.[3] The Blekken Elementary School is located in Betna.[4] There used to be a convenience store in the settlement, but it went out of business in 2004. Traces of an Iron Age settlement were discovered in Betna during roadwork on the junction of European route E39 with County Road 65. The Museum of Natural History and Archaeology in Trondheim carried out archaeological investigations at the site in the summer of 2006.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Betna, Halsa (Trøndelag). yr.no. Norwegian. October 24, 2015.
  2. http://www.touren-wegweiser.de/Radtour-Norwegen/Radtour-Norwegen-Alesund-Trondheim-3.html Touren-Wegweiser für Radfahren und Wandern.
  3. http://home.online.no/~ransolhe/Storfag/stadalf.htm Analyse av stadnamna.
  4. Web site: Trøndelag fylkeskommune: Blekken barneskule. . 2015-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035459/http://www.kultursekken.no/institusjon_921/program . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20021118140756/http://www.ntnu.no/vmuseet/fakark/forvaltning/betna_anne.htm Utgraving på Betna på Nord-Møre.