Lånke was a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county,

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. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was located south of the

Stjørdalselva Stjørdalselva ( en, Stjørdal River) is a long river that reaches from near the Norwegian–Swedish border down the Stjørdalen valley through the municipalities of Meråker and Stjørdal before entering the Trondheimsfjord. The mouth is locate ...

river in what is now the south-central part of Stjørdal municipality in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...

county. The administrative centre was located in the village of Hell. The famous

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in the village of Hell is situated in the westernmost part of Lånke. There are two churches in Lånke: Lånke Church and Elvran Chapel. Historically, this parish was also known as ''Leksdal''. Lånke is an area dominated by

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and

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History

The municipality of Laanke was created on 1 January 1902 when the old municipality of

Nedre Stjørdal Nedre Stjørdal or Nedre Stjørdalen is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 1902. The municipality covered the western part of what is now the municipali ...

was split into three new municipalities: Laanke (population: 1,449), Stjørdal (population: 3,158), and Skatval (population: 2,125). On 1 January 1914 the small Jøssås area of southwestern Laanke (population: 38) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of

Malvik Malvik is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik include Muruvika, Smiskaret, Sneisen, Vikhammer, an ...

which at that time was in the neighboring county of Sør-Trøndelag. The spelling of the municipality was later changed to ''Lånke''. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

Schei Committee The Schei Committee ( no, Schei-komitéen) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II. It convened in 1946, and its formal name was (The 1946 Committee on Municip ...

. On 1 January 1962, the neighboring municipalities of Lånke (population: 1,967), Stjørdal (population: 6,204),

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(population: 2,704), and Skatval (population: 1,944) merged to form a new, larger municipality of Stjørdal.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Lånke, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services,

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services,

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and other social services,

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, and municipal

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s. The municipality is governed by a

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representatives, which in turn elects a

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Municipal council

The

of Lånke was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laanke Stjørdal Former municipalities of Norway 1902 establishments in Norway 1962 disestablishments in Norway