Villa, Norway

{{Short description|Island in Trøndelag, Norway}} {{Infobox islands |name = Villa |native_name = |native_name_link = |sobriquet = |image_name = |image_size = |image_caption = |mapframe-zoom = 10 |location = Trøndelag, Norway |coordinates = {{coord|64.5470|10.6929|display=inline,title|region:NO_type:isle}} |archipelago = |area_km2 = 1.2 |rank = |length_km = 2 |width_km = 1 |coastline_km = 8 |elevation_m = 106 |highest_mount = Villafjellet |country = Norway |country_admin_divisions_title = County |country_admin_divisions = Trøndelag |country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Municipality |country_admin_divisions_1 = Flatanger Municipality |population = 0 |population_as_of = |density_km2 = |density_footnotes = }}

'''Villa'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/924883 |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> is an island in Flatanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The {{convert|1.2|km2|acre|adj=on}} island lies in the Folda sea about {{convert|1.65|km}} northwest of the village of Lauvsnes on the mainland and about {{convert|5|km}} west of the island of Bjørøya.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Villa |url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Tr%C3%B8ndelag/Flatanger/Villa/ |access-date=2011-08-16 |publisher=yr.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref> The Villa Lighthouse is located on the western part of the island.<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Villa fyr |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Villa_fyr |date=2021-08-18 |editor-last=Lauritzen |editor-first=Per Roger |language=no |accessdate=2024-11-21}}</ref> The island had some permanent residents until the 1960s, but now it is uninhabited.

Large parts of the island consists of rocky mountains and rocks, but it also has bogs and heather areas and offers a rich flora, with some rare plants such as the yellow water-lily.

==See also== *List of islands of Norway

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{{authority control}} Category:Islands of Trøndelag Category:Flatanger Municipality