Stjørna

Stjørna herad
Skjørn
Former municipality
Stjørna herad
Stjørna within Sør-Trøndelag
Stjørna herad
Stjørna herad (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°44′50″N 10°06′25″E / 63.74722°N 10.10694°E / 63.74722; 10.10694Coordinates: 63°44′50″N 10°06′25″E / 63.74722°N 10.10694°E / 63.74722; 10.10694
Country Norway
County Sør-Trøndelag
District Fosen
Established 1899
Disestablished 1964
Administrative centre Husbysjøen
Area
 • Total 322 km2 (124 sq mi)
  *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population (1964)
 • Total 2,544
 • Density 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Stjørnværing[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1626
Official language form Unknown
Preceded by Bjugn in 1899
Succeeded by Bjugn & Rissa in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

Stjørna is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. The 322-square-kilometre (124 sq mi) municipality encompassed the land surrounding the Stjørnfjorden in what is now the municipalities of Bjugn and Indre Fosen in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre of Stjørna was the village of Husbysjøen. The municipality of Stjørna also included the villages of Høybakken, Råkvåg, and Fevåg. The main church for the municipality was Stjørna Church which is now called Heggvik Church.[2]

History

The municipality of Skjørn was established on 1 January 1899 when the old municipality of Bjugn was split into three separate municipalities: Bjugn (population: 1,256), Skjørn (population: 2,166), and Nes (population: 1,285). In 1918, the spelling of the name was changed from Skjørn to Stjørna.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the northern part of the municipality (Nord-Stjørna) (population: 676) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Bjugn (population: 1,240), Nes (population: 1,107), and Jøssund (population: 1,917) to form a new, larger municipality of Bjugn. The southern part of Stjørna municipality (Sør-Stjørna) (population: 1,868) was merged with the neighboring municipality of Rissa (population: 3,264) and most of the municipality of Stadsbygd (population: 1,616) to form a new, larger municipality of Rissa.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Haugen, Morten, ed. (2009-02-15). "Stjørna". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  3. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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