Vikna
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| County | Nord-Trøndelag | |
| District | Namdalen | |
| Municipality | NO-1750 | |
| Administrative centre | Rørvik | |
| Mayor (2003) | Karin Søraunet (KrF) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 268 318 km² 310 km² 0.10 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 228 4,021 0.09 % 7.6 % 13/km² |
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Vikna is a municipality in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. The municipality consists of a large island archipelago with some 6,000 large and small islands going far into the Norwegian sea off the northwestern coast of Nord-Trøndelag. The three largest islands are: Indre Vikna, closest to the mainland, Mellomvikna and then Ytre Vikna as the westernmost island. The main town is Rørvik, located on the eastern shore of Indre Vikna, facing the mainland across the Nærøysundet strait.
Fishing, fish farming, public service and agriculture are the main sources of income. The Norveg museum, devoted to the coastal way of life through the centuries, is located in Rørvik. Hurtigruten calls at Rørvik, and there is road connection by way of the Nærøysund Bridge east to the mainland and the E6. There is also a small airport at Ryum, near Rørvik, with (among other) flights south to Trondheim.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows three salmons.
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| Municipalities of Nord-Trøndelag | |
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Flatanger | Fosnes | Frosta | Grong | Høylandet | Inderøy | Leka | Leksvik | Levanger | Lierne | Meråker | Mosvik | Namdalseid | Namsos | Namsskogan | Nærøy | Overhalla | Røyrvik | Snåsa | Steinkjer | Stjørdal | Verdal | Verran | Vikna |
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