Rissa, Norway
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| County | Sør-Trøndelag | |
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| Municipality | NO-1624 | |
| Administrative centre | Rissa | |
| Mayor (2003) | Per Kristian Skjærvik (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 178 621 km² 588 km² 0.19 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 157 6,384 0.14 % -0.3 % 11/km² |
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| www.rissa.kommune.no |
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Rissa is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987) - but it has old roots: It shows the crown of Skule Bårdsson, as it is depicted on an old tombstone from Nidarosdomen. Skule was the founder of Rein kloster, which lies in the municipality.
[edit] History
In April 1978, Rissa was home to a quick clay landslide which encompassed an area of 330,000 square meters and sent 6 million cubic meters of clay into nearby Lake Botnen. This slide is particularly famous because a large portion of the slide happened to be recorded on film by two amateur photographers. More inormation on Rissa Landslide.
| Municipalities of Sør-Trøndelag |  |
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Agdenes | Bjugn | Frøya | Hemne | Hitra | Holtålen | Klæbu | Malvik | Meldal | Melhus | Midtre Gauldal | Oppdal | Orkdal | Osen | Rennebu | Rissa | Roan | Røros | Selbu | Skaun | Snillfjord | Trondheim | Tydal | Ørland | Åfjord |
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