Nedre Stjørdal

Nedre Stjørdal or Nedre Stjørdalen is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 1902. The 340-square-kilometre (130 sq mi) municipality covered the western part of what is now the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was located at Værnes where Værnes Church is located.[2][3]

Nedre Stjørdal herad Nedre Stjørdalen
Former municipality
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Nedre Stjørdal within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°28′16″N 10°55′08″E
Country	Norway
County	Nord-Trøndelag
District	Stjørdalen
Established	1850
Disestablished	1 Jan 1902
Administrative centre	Værnes
Area
• Total	340 km^2 (130 sq mi)
	*Area at municipal dissolution.
Population  (1902)
• Total	6,732
• Density	20/km^2 (51/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	stjørdaling[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1714
Preceded by	Stjørdalen in 1850
Succeeded by	Lånke, Skatval, Stjørdal in 1902
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality was established in 1850 when the old municipality of Stjørdalen was divided into Øvre Stjørdal (population: 5,100) and Nedre Stjørdal (population: 6,543). On 1 January 1902, Nedre Stjørdal was dissolved and it was divided into three new municipalities: Lånke (population: 1,449), Skatval (population: 2,125), and Stjørdal (population: 3,158).[4]

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References

1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
2. "Prestegjeld og sogn i Nord-Trøndelag" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
3. Helland, Amund (1909). "Laanke, Stjørdalen, & Skatval herreder". Norges land og folk: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian). Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. pp. 76–117. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
4. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.