Fosnes

Fosnes kommune
Fosnes kommune
	Municipality
	View of Seierstad on Jøa island
; Coat of arms	; Trøndelag within ; Norway
	; Fosnes within Trøndelag
	Coordinates: 64°41′02″N 11°34′09″E / 64.68389°N 11.56917°ECoordinates: 64°41′02″N 11°34′09″E / 64.68389°N 11.56917°E
Country	Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Namdalen
Established	1 Jan 1838
Administrative centre	Dun
Government
• Mayor (2007)	Bjørg Tingstad (Sp)
Area
• Total	544.27 km2 (210.14 sq mi)
• Land	473.43 km2 (182.79 sq mi)
• Water	70.84 km2 (27.35 sq mi) 13%
Area rank	#199 in Norway
Population (2017)
• Total	628
• Rank	#413 in Norway
• Density	1.3/km2 (3/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	-11.8%
Demonym(s)	Fosnesbygg[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-5048
Official language form	Bokmål
Website	fosnes.kommune.no
	Data from Statistics Norway

Fosnes is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dun on the island of Jøa. Other villages include Salsnes and Nufsfjord.

The 544-square-kilometre (210 sq mi) municipality is the 199th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Fosnes is the 413th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 628. The municipality's population density is 1.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.4/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 11.8% over the last decade.^[2]

General information

View of Mjosund

Fosnes was established as a municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1871, the western district of Fosnes (population: 1,472) was separated to form the new municipality of Flatanger. This left Fosnes with 2,655 residents. On 1 January 1889, a small area of Fosnes (population: 61) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Vikten. Then on 1 January 1913, the western part of Fosnes (population: 1,631) was separated to form the new municipality of Otterøy. This left the much smaller municipality with 1,107 residents.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the Finnanger area of Fosnes on the northern part of the island of Otterøya (population: 116) was transferred to the new municipality of Namsos.^[3] In 2018, it became part of the new Trøndelag county which replaced the old Nord-Trøndelag county.

On 16 June 2016, the municipalities of Fosnes, Namsos, and Namdalseid voted to merge into a new, larger municipality of Namsos on 1 January 2020 as part of a large municipal reform across Norway.^[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Fosnes farm (Old Norse: Fólgsnnes), since the first Fosnes Church was built there (Fosnes Chapel is now located on the site). The first element is fólgsn which means "hiding place" and the last element is nes which means "headland". (The first element is referring to an inlet behind the farm, where ships could not be seen from the main fjord.) Historically, the name was spelled Fosnæs.^[5]^[6]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is from modern times; they were granted on 13 November 1992. The arms show a black oarlock from a rowing boat on a yellow background. Fosnes is a coastal municipality and rowing boats were the main form of transportation in the former centuries.

The first proposal for arms of Fosnes were taken in 1989, when the council launched a contest to develop arms. Several proposals were received but none was acceptable to or the council, or the Norwegian Heraldic Society, as the proposals were not made according to heraldic rules. Finally the Society proposed the above arms, which were acceptable to the council.^[7]

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Fosnes. It is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

**Churches in Fosnes**
Parish (Sokn)	Church Name	Location of the Church	Year Built
Fosnes	Dun Church	Dun	1949
	Fosnes Chapel	Fosnesvågen on Jøa	1926
	Salen Chapel	Salsnes	1953

Geography

Fosnes is a coastal municipality located along the Foldafjord, north of the town of Namsos. The municipality includes the island of Jøa, part of the island of Elvalandet, and part of the mainland. The second deepest lake in Europe, Salsvatnet, and the lake Mjosundvatnet are both located in the eastern part of the municipality.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Fosnes, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor. The municipality falls under the Namdal District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Fosnes is made up of 13 representatives that are elected to four year terms. Currently, the party breakdown is as follows:^[8]

*Fosnes Kommunestyre 2015–2019*
Party Name		Name in Norwegian	Number of representatives
	Labour Party	Arbeiderpartiet	4
	Local Lists	Lokale lister	9
Total number of members:			13

References

↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-09-25.
↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
↑ "Om nye Namsos" (in Norwegian). NyeNamsos.no. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
↑ Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (dokpro.uio.no) (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 336.
↑ Store norske leksikon. "Fosnes" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-09-23.
↑ "Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
↑ "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 2015.

External links

Trøndelag travel guide from Wikivoyage
Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)

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[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.

[ssb_pop-2] Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-09-25.

[3] Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

[4] "Om nye Namsos" (in Norwegian). NyeNamsos.no. Retrieved 2017-09-25.

[5] Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (dokpro.uio.no) (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 336.

[snl-6] Store norske leksikon. "Fosnes" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-09-23.

[7] "Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 2018-04-18.

[8] "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 2015.