page_title: Verdal
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Verdal / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Verdalselva
context_page_description: Verdal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra. Some villages in the municipality include Forbregd/Lein, Lysthaugen, Stiklestad, Trones, Vera, Vinne, and Vuku.
  The 1,548-square-kilometre municipality is the 53rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Verdal is the 80th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 14,948. The municipality's population density is 10.1 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has increased by 5.1% over the previous 10-year period.
context_section_description: Verdal is centered on the Verdal valley.  The river Verdalselva runs through the valley into the Trondheimsfjord at Verdalsøra.  The rivers Helgåa and Inna join together at Vuku to form the Verdalselva.  The lake Veresvatnet flows into the river Helgåa and the lake Innsvatnet flows into the river Inna.  The large lake Leksdalsvatnet lies on the Verdal-Steinkjer border.  The southern tip of the large Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park lies in the northeastern part of Verdal.  Rinnleiret is a beach area along the Levanger-Verdal border in the west.
caption: Part of the Verdal river (Verdalselva).
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