Laksjøen
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Laksjøen is a lake in Lierne
municipality in Nord-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It has a surface area of 19.2 square kilometres (7.4 sq mi). The administrative center of Lierne, Sandvika
, lies on the northern shore of the lake. The lake is fed by the lake Sandsjøen
to the east, and the water exits the lake in the north and later joins the river Sanddøla which later joins the river Namsen
.
Lierne
Lierne is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region, and it is the largest municipality in Trøndelag. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sandvika. Other villages include Inderdal, Sørli, and Tunnsjø senter...
municipality in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It has a surface area of 19.2 square kilometres (7.4 sq mi). The administrative center of Lierne, Sandvika
Sandvika, Nord-Trøndelag
Sandvika is the administrative centre of the municipality of Lierne in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It lies on the northeastern shore of the lake Laksjøen, about west of the village of Holand. The main church for northern Lierne, Nordli Church, is located on the northern edge of Sandvika. The...
, lies on the northern shore of the lake. The lake is fed by the lake Sandsjøen
Sandsjøen
Sandsjøen is a lake in the municipality of Lierne in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It lies about southeast of the municipal center, Sandvika. The village of Holand is located on the northern shore of Sandsjøen....
to the east, and the water exits the lake in the north and later joins the river Sanddøla which later joins the river Namsen
Namsen
Namsen is the biggest river in Nord-Trøndelag county, in the central part of Norway. The long river flows through the municipalities of Røyrvik, Namsskogan, Grong, Overhalla, and Namsos. It traditionally has been used for floating timber down from the forests to the town of Namsos, where the...
.