Stjørdalen (municipality)

Stjørdalen Municipality
Stjørdalen herred
Former municipality
View of the Stjørdalen valley
View of the Stjørdalen valley
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Stjørdalen within Nord-Trøndelag
Stjørdalen within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°27′25″N 11°00′28″E / 63.4570°N 11.0078°E / 63.4570; 11.0078
CountryNorway
CountyNord-Trøndelag
DistrictStjørdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1850
 • Succeeded byØvre Stjørdal and Nedre Stjørdal
Administrative centreVærnes
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total2,253 km2 (870 sq mi)
Population
 (1850)
 • Total11,643
 • Density5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
DemonymStjørdaling[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1714[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

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]

History

The 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

The 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

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[7]

Mayors

The mayors of Stjørdalen:[8]

  • 1838–1841: Tobias Brodtkorb Bernhoft
  • 1842–1843: Halvor Bachke
  • 1844–1845: Ole Øvre Richter
  • 1846–1849: Sivert Andreas Fergstad

See also

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ "Prestegjeld og sogn i Nord-Trøndelag" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  6. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 30.
  7. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. ^ Røe, Tormod (1987). Stjørdal kommune 1837–1987. Kommunalt selvstyre 150 år (in Norwegian). Stjørdal kommune. p. 352. ISBN 8299161401.