Spillum
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Spillum is a village in the municipality of Namsos
in Nord-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The village is located along the Namsen
river about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) directly south of the town of Namsos and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the village of Klinga. The Norwegian Sawmill museum
is located in Spillum.
Namsos
is a town and municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos. Other villages in the municipality include Bangsund, Klinga, Ramsvika, Skomsvoll, and Spillum....
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 located along the 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...
river about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) directly south of the town of Namsos and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the village of Klinga. The Norwegian Sawmill museum
The Norwegian Sawmill museum
The Norwegian Sawmill Museum is a museum located at Spillum, to the immediate south of Namsos. The museum opened in 1991, based on the then closed down Spillum Sawmill & Planing, a sawmill from 1884. The Norwegian sawmill industry were around the turn of the nineteenth century one of Norway’s...
is located in Spillum.