Åsen (municipality)

Åsen kommune
Former municipality
The area surrounding the village of Åsen
Åsen kommune
Åsen within Nord-Trøndelag
Åsen kommune
Åsen kommune (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°36′29″N 11°03′06″E / 63.60806°N 11.05167°E / 63.60806; 11.05167Coordinates: 63°36′29″N 11°03′06″E / 63.60806°N 11.05167°E / 63.60806; 11.05167
Country Norway
County Nord-Trøndelag
District Innherred
Established 1 Jan 1838
Disestablished 1 Jan 1962
Administrative centre Åsen
Area
 • Total 140 km2 (50 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (1962)
 • Total 1,939
 • Density 14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Åsbygg[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1716
Created as Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Succeeded by Levanger in 1962
Data from Statistics Norway

Åsen is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 140-square-kilometre (54 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was located to the southwest part of what is now Levanger municipality in Trøndelag county, roughly bordered in the north by the lakes Hammervatnet and Hoklingen, and by the Åsenfjorden to the west. The administrative centre was the village of Åsen.[2]

History

View of the local church and municipal government building (herredshus).

The municipality of Aasen was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The spelling was later changed to Åsen. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the town of Levanger (population: 1,669) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Frol (population: 3,774), Åsen (population: 1,939), and Skogn (population: 4,756) to form a new, larger municipality called Levanger.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2018-03-26). "Åsen – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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