page_title: Åfjord
section_title: Churches
hierarchical_section_title: Åfjord / General information / Churches
caption_attribution_description: English: The Harbakk cave in Åfjord
context_page_description: Åfjord is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes. Other villages in the municipality include Revsnes, Roan, Bessaker, Harsvika, and By. Åfjord is located on the northwestern side of the Fosen peninsula, northwest of the city of Trondheim. It is located between the municipalities of Ørland and Osen and to the west of Steinkjer, with Indre Fosen to the south.
  The 1,329-square-kilometre municipality is the 74th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Åfjord is the 197th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,288. The municipality's population density is 3.4 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 1.6% over the previous 10-year period.
context_section_description: The Church of Norway has three parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Åfjord.  It is part of the Fosen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.
caption: Harbakkhula (cave), with evidence of stone age settlement.
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