Værnes Church

Værnes Church
Værnes kirke
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Værnes Church
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Værnes Church
Værnes Church (Norway)
63°27′15″N 10°57′17″E / 63.4543°N 10.9546°E / 63.4543; 10.9546Coordinates: 63°27′15″N 10°57′17″E / 63.4543°N 10.9546°E / 63.4543; 10.9546
Location Stjørdal, Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Unknown
Architectural type Long church
Completed c. 1100
Specifications
Capacity 320
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Stjørdal
Deanery Stjørdal prosti
Diocese Nidaros

Værnes Church (Norwegian: Værnes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stjørdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Prestmoen, just south of the town of Stjørdalshalsen. It is located along the Stjørdalselva river, just east of the Trondheim Airport, Værnes. It is the church for the Stjørdal parish which is part of the Stjørdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, stone church was built in a long church style around the year 1100 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 320 people.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Værnes kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  3. ↑ Storsletten, Ola, ed. (2012-08-20). "Værnes kirke". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
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