Singsås (municipality)

Singsås herad
Singsaas
Former municipality
View of the village of Singsås
Singsås herad
Singsås within Sør-Trøndelag
Singsås herad
Singsås herad (Norway)
Coordinates: 62°57′22″N 10°43′51″E / 62.9562°N 10.7308°E / 62.9562; 10.7308Coordinates: 62°57′22″N 10°43′51″E / 62.9562°N 10.7308°E / 62.9562; 10.7308
Country Norway
County Sør-Trøndelag
District Gauldalen
Established 1841
Disestablished 1 Jan 1964
Administrative centre Singsås
Area
 • Total 767 km2 (296 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (1964)
 • Total 1,554
 • Density 2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Singsåsbygg[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1646
Preceded by Holtaalen in 1841
Succeeded by Midtre Gauldal in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

Singsås is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 767-square-kilometre (296 sq mi) municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. Singsås municipality encompassed the eastern part of what is now the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Trøndelag county. The administrative center was the village of Singsås, where the Singsås Church is located.[2]

History

In 1841, the western district (population: 1,272) of the old municipality of Holtaalen was split off to form a separate municipality called Singsaas (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1875, an unpopulated area of Singsås municipality made up of rural farmland and mountains was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Budal. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Budal (population: 529), Singsås (population: 1,554), Soknedal (population: 1,916), and Støren (population: 2,296) were all merged to form the new municipality of Midtre Gauldal.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Rosvold, Knut, ed. (2017-08-29). "Singsås – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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