Høylandet (village)


Høylandet is the administrative centre of Høylandet municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located lies along the river Søråa in the southern part of Høylandet, about northeast of the village of Vassbotna and about northwest of the village of Gartland. The Norwegian County Road 17 runs through Høylandet. Høylandet Church is located on the north side of the village.
The village has a population of 338 and a population density of.

Name

The name of the village comes from the Old Norse form of the name: Høylandir. The first element is høy which means "hay" and the last element is the plural form of land which means "land" or "region". The name was historically spelled Hølandet.