About the municipality of Fosnes

Fosnes is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jøa. Fosnes is situated north of Namsos. The municipality includes the island Jøa and the second deepest lake in Europe, Salsvatnet.

Fosnes was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Two other municipalities were later separated from it: Flatanger in 1871 and Otterøy in 1913.

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