Mosvik

Mosvik kommune
Former municipality
View of Mosvik village

Coat of arms
Nord-Trøndelag within
Norway

Mosvik within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°49′13″N 11°00′24″E / 63.8203°N 11.0066°E / 63.8203; 11.0066Coordinates: 63°49′13″N 11°00′24″E / 63.8203°N 11.0066°E / 63.8203; 11.0066
Country Norway
County Nord-Trøndelag
District Innherred
Established 1 Jan 1901
Disestablished 1 Jan 2012
Administrative centre Mosvik
Area
 • Total 219.37 km2 (84.70 sq mi)
 • Land 205.57 km2 (79.37 sq mi)
 • Water 13.80 km2 (5.33 sq mi)  6.3%
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (2012)
 • Total 811
 • Density 3.7/km2 (9.6/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Mosbygg[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1723
Official language form Bokmål
Preceded by Mosvik og Verran in 1901
Succeeded by Inderøy in 2012
Data from Statistics Norway

Mosvik is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality was part of the Innherred region. The 219.37-square-kilometre (84.70 sq mi) municipality existed from 1901 until its dissolution in 2012. The old municipality encompassed the southern part of what is now the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county. The municipality was located along the western shore of the Trondheimsfjorden and on the southwestern end of the Beitstadfjorden.

The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Mosvik where Mosvik Church is located. Other villages located near the village of Mosvik include Trongsundet, Framverran, Venneshamn, and Kjerringvik.[2]

Until 1991, the connection from Mosvik municipality to the rest of the Innherred region was only available by a car ferry, at first via Ytterøya to Levanger, but later directly to Inderøy on the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry route. In 1991, the Skarnsund Bridge on Norwegian County Road 755 was completed, eliminating the need for a ferry.[2]

Mosvik features two of Norway's 12 tallest structures: the Skavlen transmitter television and radio transmitter at 165 metres (541 ft) and the Skarnsund Bridge at 152 metres (499 ft).

History

Map of Mosvik, showing the northern area that used to be part of Verran prior to 1968
View of Venneshamn, seen from Skarnsund

The municipality of Mosvik was established on 1 January 1901 when the old municipality of Mosvik og Verran was divided into two new municipalities: Mosvik (population: 969) in the southeast and Verran (population: 1,456) in the north and west.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal changes across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1968, the Framverran area on the south side of the Verrasundet strait (population: 395) was transferred from Verran municipality to Mosvik municipality.[3] On 1 January 2012, the municipality of Mosvik ceased to exist when it was merged into the neighboring municipality of Inderøy. Prior to the merger, Mosvik had 811 residents.[2]

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Masarvík. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Mǫs (now Mossa) and the last element (Old Norse: Vík) is identical with the word vik which means "inlet" or "cove". The name has historically been spelled Mosviken.[4]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms for Mosvik was from modern times; they were granted on 13 July 1984. The arms show the letter M, the initial of the municipality. At the same time, the two green triangles symbolize the many forests in the municipality.[5]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Mosvik. It was part of the Nord-Innherad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Churches in Mosvik
Parish (Sokn)Church NameLocation of the ChurchYear Built
MosvikMosvik ChurchMosvik1884
Vestvik ChurchFramverran1905

Geography

The municipality was located south of the Skarnsund strait with the main Trondheimsfjord to the east and the Verrasundet strait to the west. The municipality of Leksvik was located to the south. The lake Meltingvatnet lies along the Leksvik border.

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. 1 2 3 Olsen Haugen, Morten, ed. (2017-10-19). "Mosvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (dokpro.uio.no) (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 162.
  5. ↑ "Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  • Media related to Mosvik at Wikimedia Commons
  • Trøndelag travel guide from Wikivoyage
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