Rørvik, Sør-Trøndelag
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Rørvika is a village 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...

. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord
Trondheimsfjord
The Trondheimsfjord , an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third longest fjord at long. It is located in the west central part of the country, and it stretches from Ørland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way...

 about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) east of Askjem
Askjem
Askjem is a village in the municipality of Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located in the Stadsbygd area of Rissa, about south of Årnset and about west of Rørvika. The Stadsbygd Church is located near the village....

 in the Stadsbygd
Stadsbygd
Stadsbygd is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality was located in the present-day municipalities of Rissa and Agdenes. The village is located along the north side of the Trondheimsfjord, northwest of the city of Trondheim...

 area of Rissa. The lake Storvatnet lies about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the village.

Norwegian National Road 715 and Norwegian National Road 717 meet at Rørvik, and 715 continues across the Trondheimsfjord
Trondheimsfjord
The Trondheimsfjord , an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third longest fjord at long. It is located in the west central part of the country, and it stretches from Ørland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way...

 on the Flakk–Rørvik Ferry
Flakk–Rørvik Ferry
The Flakk–Rørvik Ferry is an automobile ferry on Norwegian National Highway 715 that connects the peninsula of Fosen with Trondheim. The crossing of Trondheimfjord is performed with the two double-ended ferries MF Fosen and MF Trondheim and operated by Fosen Trafikklag, making 32 crossings each...

, which has one terminus at Rørvik.
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