Village in Verdal Municipality, Norway
Village in Central Norway, Norway
Vuku[3] is a village in Verdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Helgåa and Inna where they become the Verdalselva river. The village is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the village of Vera and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the town of Verdalsøra. Vuku is also a Church of Norway parish covering the central part of Verdal Municipality, with Vuku Church located in this village.
The 0.24-square-kilometre (59-acre) village has a population (2024) of 250 and a population density of 1,042 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,700/sq mi).[1]
History
In the late 1800s, a group of parish members immigrated to the United States, where they established a sister church in what is now Foxhome, Minnesota. In 2015, the members of the Minnesotan Vukku Lutheran Church celebrated 125 years of history.
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