Lysøysundet is a village

Village

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 in the municipality of Bjugn

Bjugn

Bjugn is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The village of Botngård is the administrative centre of Bjugn municipality...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

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. The village is located in the northern part of the municipality near the island of Lauvøya and the end of the Åfjorden. It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of the village of Jøssund

Jøssund, Sør-Trøndelag

Jøssund is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is also a village in the present-day municipality of Bjugn. It is located about across the fjord from Lysøysundet and about northeast of Nes...

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The 0.65 square kilometres (160.6 acre) village has a population (2009) of 298. The village is divided several areas: Lysøya, Rømmen, Hellesvika, Tiltrem, Olden, Teksdal, and Sundet. Lysøysundet has an elementary school

Elementary school

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, kindergarten

Kindergarten

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, and a nursing home

Nursing home

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