Rissa Church
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Rissa Church is a parish church
in the municipality of Rissa
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The church is located in the village of Leira
, just north of Årnset
.
The church was consecrated on 26 October 1888. It was built as the main church for the municipality after the old Rein Church
was demolished. It can seat up to 650 people.
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the municipality of Rissa
Rissa, Norway
Rissa is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnset...
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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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 church is located in the village of Leira
Leira, Sør-Trøndelag
Leira is a village in the municipality of Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about north of Årnset, along the north shore of Botn. It is about west of the lake Storvatnet. Rissa Church is located on the south side of Leira....
, just north of Årnset
Årnset
Årnset is a village which is the administrative centre of the municipality of Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the north shore of Botn about south of Hasselvika and about north of Stadsbygd and Askjem....
.
The church was consecrated on 26 October 1888. It was built as the main church for the municipality after the old Rein Church
Rein Church
Rein Church is a church in the municipality of Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Reinsgrenda, just south of Årnset. The red church was built in 1932 to replace the old Rein church that was demolished in 1888....
was demolished. It can seat up to 650 people.