Rissa, Norway

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Rissa kommune
Locator map showing Rissa within Sør-Trøndelag
County Sør-Trøndelag
District
Municipality NO-1624
Administrative centre Rissa
Mayor (2003) Per Kristian Skjærvik (Ap)
Official language form Neutral
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 178
621 km²
588 km²
0.19 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 157
6,384
0.14 %
-0.3 %
11/km²
Coordinates 63°39′N 10°2′E / 63.65, 10.033Coordinates: 63°39′N 10°2′E / 63.65, 10.033
www.rissa.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Rissa is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.

Rissa was separated from Stadsbygd in 1860. Lensvik was separated from Rissa January 1, 1905. Most of Stadsbygd, and a part of Stjørna, were merged with Rissa January 1964.

The Old Norse form of the name was Rissi. This was probably the old name of the lake Botnen (literally 'the bottom'). Even though this is a lake, it's considered to be an inlet of Trondheimsfjord (which it probably was in older times). The name is probably derived from the verb rísa 'raise, rise'. (The lake/inlet Botnen is today 2 meters above sea level.)

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987) - but it has old roots: It shows the crown of Skule Bårdsson, as it is depicted on an old tombstone from Nidarosdomen. Skule was the founder of Rein kloster, which lies in the municipality.

In April 1978, Rissa was home to a quick clay landslide which encompassed an area of 330,000 square meters and sent 6 million cubic meters of clay into nearby Lake Botnen. This slide is particularly famous because a large portion of the slide happened to be recorded on film by two amateur photographers. More information on Rissa Landslide.

Rissa church
Rissa church
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