Official Name: | Mære |
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: | Innherred |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Steinkjer |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.35 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Total: | 460 |
Population Density Km2: | 1314 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 7710 Sparbu |
Coordinates: | 63.938°N 11.426°W |
Elevation M: | 43 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Mære is a village in the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along European route E6 and the Nordlandsbanen railway line, about south of the town of Steinkjer. The village of Sparbu lies about south of Mære. Mære Church is located in this village as well.[2]
The 0.35km2 village has a population (2018) of 460 and a population density of .[3]
In the early Viking Age, according to the Sagas, Mære was one of the most important religious ceremonial places, with sacrifices to the Norse gods. Under the medieval church at Mære, traces of preceding heathen hof were found in archeological investigations during the 1960s, the only case in Norway so far of a pre-Christian building being found to have existed on the site of a church.