Tunnsjø senter
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Tunnsjø senter is a village located in the Nordli
Nordli
Nordli is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the northern part of the present-day municipality of Lierne. The main church for the municipality was Nordli Church in the municipal center, Sandvika.-History:...

 district of the municipality of Lierne
Lierne
Lierne is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region, and it is the largest municipality in Trøndelag. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sandvika. Other villages include Inderdal, Sørli, and Tunnsjø senter...

 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...

. It is named for its location near the large lake Tunnsjøen
Tunnsjøen
Tunnsjøen is a lake in the municipalities of Røyrvik and Lierne in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies just south of the large lake Limingen, and just west of the border with Sweden. It is above sea level and has a volume of . The deepest part of the lake is deep. It is the seventh...

. The village sits just inside the border with Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. It is the main village area in the far northern part of Lierne. Tunnsjø Chapel
Tunnsjø Chapel
Tunnsjø Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Lierne in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tunnsjø senter. The church is part of the Nordli parish in the Namdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros and it serves the far northern part of the municipality of Lierne. ...

 is located in the village. The village sits very close to several large lakes: Limingen
Limingen
Limingen is a lake in the municipalities of Røyrvik and Lierne in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies above sea level and has an area of . At the deepest point, it is deep and averages about deep. The lake has a volume of . The lake is located just north of the large lake...

 and Tunnsjøen
Tunnsjøen
Tunnsjøen is a lake in the municipalities of Røyrvik and Lierne in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies just south of the large lake Limingen, and just west of the border with Sweden. It is above sea level and has a volume of . The deepest part of the lake is deep. It is the seventh...

 to the north, Ingelsvatnet to the west, and Kvarnbergsvattnet to the east (in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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