Stjørdalen is a former municipality in the old Nordre Trondhjem county in Norway. The 2,253-square-kilometre (870 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1850. The municipality covered the whole Stjørdalen valley in what is now the municipalities of Stjørdal and Meråker in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was located at Værnes where Værnes Church is located.[3][4]
Stjørdalen Municipality
Stjørdalen herred | |
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 View of the Stjørdalen valley | |
 Nord-Trøndelag within Norway | |
 Stjørdalen within Nord-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°27′25″N 11°00′28″E / 63.4570°N 11.0078°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nord-Trøndelag |
| District | Stjørdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1850 |
| • Succeeded by | Øvre Stjørdal and Nedre Stjørdal |
| Administrative centre | Værnes |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 2,253 km2 (870 sq mi) |
| Population (1850) | |
• Total | 11,643 |
| • Density | 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Stjørdaling[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1714[2] |
History
editThe municipality of Stjørdalen was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1850, the municipality of Stjørdalen was divided into Øvre Stjørdal (population: 5,100) and Nedre Stjørdal (population: 6,543).[5]
Name
editThe municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Stjørdalen valley (Old Norse: Stjórardalr). The first element is the genitive case of the local river name Stjór (now called the Stjørdalselva river). The meaning of the river name is unknown. The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale".[6]
Government
editDuring its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[7]
Mayors
edit- 1838–1841: Tobias Brodtkorb Bernhoft
- 1842–1843: Halvor Bachke
- 1844–1845: Ole Øvre Richter
- 1846–1849: Sivert Andreas Fergstad
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ "Prestegjeld og sogn i Nord-Trøndelag" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Helland, Amund (1909). "Meraker, Hegre, Laanke, Stjørdalen, & Skatval herreder". Norges land og folk: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian). Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. pp. 30–117. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 30.
- ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Røe, Tormod (1987). Stjørdal kommune 1837–1987. Kommunalt selvstyre 150 år (in Norwegian). Stjørdal kommune. p. 352. ISBN 8299161401.