Hegra (municipality)

Hegra herad
Former municipality
View of the local Hegra Church
Hegra herad
Hegra within Nord-Trøndelag
Hegra herad
Hegra herad (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°27′50″N 11°06′51″E / 63.46389°N 11.11417°E / 63.46389; 11.11417Coordinates: 63°27′50″N 11°06′51″E / 63.46389°N 11.11417°E / 63.46389; 11.11417
Country Norway
County Nord-Trøndelag
District Stjørdalen
Established 1 Jan 1874
Disestablished 1 Jan 1962
Administrative centre Hegra
Area
 • Total 612 km2 (236 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (1962)
 • Total 2,704
 • Density 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Hegrasbygg[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1712
Preceded by Øvre Stjørdal in 1874
Succeeded by Stjørdal in 1962
Data from Statistics Norway

Hegra is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 612-square-kilometre (236 sq mi) municipality existed from 1874 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was located in the Stjørdalen valley. It encompassed the eastern two-thirds of the what is now the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Hegra where the Hegra Church is located.[2]

History

The municipality of Hegra was established on 1 January 1874 when the old municipality of Øvre Stjørdal was divided into Meråker (population: 1,861) in the east and Hegra (population: 3,409) in the west. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the neighboring municipalities of Hegra (population: 2,704), Lånke (population: 1,967), Skatval (population: 1,944), and Stjørdal (population: 6,204) were all merged to form a new, larger municipality of Stjørdal.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Askheim, Svein, ed. (2018-02-20). "Hegra". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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