Midtbygda is a village in the municipality of Meråker

Meråker

Meråker is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda which is about west of Storlien in Sweden and east of Stjørdalshalsen in Stjørdal. Other villages in Meråker include Gudåa,...

 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...

. The village is also the administrative center of the municipality. The 1.92 square kilometres (474.4 acre) village has a population (2009) of 936. The population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 is 488 PD/km2.

Midtbygda is located along the Stjørdalselva

Stjørdalselva

Stjørdalselva is a long river that reaches from near the Norwegian–Swedish border down the Stjørdalen valley through the municipalities of Meråker and Stjørdal before entering the Trondheimsfjord. The mouth is located between the villages of Stjørdalshalsen and Hell just south of Trondheim...

 river and the European route E14

European route E14

European route E 14 is a road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Trondheim, Norway and ends in Sundsvall, Sweden. The road is in length....

 highway. It is served by Meråker Station

Meråker Station

Meråker Station is a railway station on the Meråker Line in the village of Midtbygda in the municipality of Meråker in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The station was opened on 17 October 1881 as Meraker, and received the current name in 1 June 1919....

, which is a railway station located along the Meråker Line. The local Meråker Church

Meråker Church

Meråker Church is a parish church in the municipality of Meråker in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Meråker. The church was built of wood in 1874 and it has a capacity of 300 people. The church is part of the Meråker parish in the Stjørdal deanery in the Diocese...

 lies about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the village of Midtbygda. The lake Funnsjøen

Funnsjøen

Funnsjøen is a lake in the municipality of Meråker in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake flows into the Funna river, a part of the Stjørdalselva river system. The lake has a hydropower dam at the southern end of the lake....

lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the north.