Mære

Mære is a village in the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along European route E6 and the Nordlandsbanen railway line, about 10 km south of the town of Steinkjer. The village of Sparbu lies about 2.5 km south of Mære. Mære Church is located in this village as well.

The 0.35 km2 village has a population (2018) of 460 and a population density of 1314 PD/km2.

History
In the early Viking Age, according to the Sagas, Mære was one of the most important religious ceremonial places, with sacrifices to the Norse gods. Under the medieval church at Mære, traces of preceding heathen hof were found in archeological investigations during the 1960s, the only case in Norway so far of a pre-Christian building being found to have existed on the site of a church.