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A large part of the
population lives near the large Trondheimsfjord, which is a
central feature of the southern part of this county.
Considerable areas on the eastern shore of the fjord (mainly in
Stjørdal, Frosta, Levanger, Inderøy, Verdal and Steinkjer) are
fertile agricultural lowland, with grain fields and vegetables.
Together with the grain fields in the Namdalen lowland, this
forms the most northern grain cultivation area in Norway today.
There are fairly large areas of spruce forest inland, and
mountains near the border with Sweden, and coastal mountains
with bare rock at the northern coast. The spruce forests occurs
even at the coast, where some areas belong to the Scandinavian
coastal conifer forests, a rare European temperate rainforest.
There are several national parks in the county, among them
Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella National Park, Børgefjell National Park,
Lierne National Park and Skarvan og Roltdalen National Park
History
People have lived in
this region for thousands of years (see Rock carvings in Central
Norway). The Trøndelag region was central in the Viking Age. The
most famous battle in Norwegian history, the Battle of
Stiklestad, took place at Stiklestad in Verdal. |
