Namdalseid is a
former municipality in
Trøndelag county,
Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined
Namsos Municipality
( sma, Nåavmesjenjaelmie) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos. Some of the villages in the municipality include Bangsund, Kl ...
. It was part of the
Namdalen region. The
administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of the municipality was the
village of Namdalseid. Other villages and farm areas in the municipality included
Sjøåsen
Sjøåsen is a village in the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the mouth of the river Årgårdselva at the end of the Løgnin arm of the Namsenfjorden. It is located along Norwegian County Road 17 at the inte ...
,
Statland
Statland is a village in the northern part of the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village lies along the Namsenfjorden, about north of the village of Tøttdalen. The village has a school and Statland Church. The island ...
,
Tøttdalen, and
Sverkmoen
Sverkmoen is a farming area in the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is west of the village of Namdalseid, between the lake Øyungen and the river Sverka which flows through a flat landscape covered with forest
A ...
.
At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 144th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Namdalseid was the 348th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,585. The municipality's
population density was and its population had decreased by 7.7% over the previous decade.
General information
The
parish of Namdalseid was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt
() is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January ...
), but it was merged into the neighboring municipality of
Beitstad on 1 January 1846. On 1 January 1904, the Namdalseid district (population: 1,368) was separated from
Beitstad to form a municipality of its own (once again).
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the parts of the neighboring municipality of
Otterøy
Otterøy is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the what is now the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county. The former municip ...
that were located south of the
Namsenfjorden (population: 571) were transferred to Namdalseid municipality. On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old
Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...
county to the new
Trøndelag county.
On 1 January 2020, the neighboring municipalities of
Fosnes
Fosnes is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Namsos Municipality. It was part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the muni ...
,
Namsos, and Namdalseid merged to form a new, larger
Namsos Municipality
( sma, Nåavmesjenjaelmie) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos. Some of the villages in the municipality include Bangsund, Kl ...
. This occurred because on 16 June 2016, the three municipalities voted to merge as part of a large municipal reform across Norway.
Name
The
Old Norse form of the name was just ''Eið'' (or ''Eldueið''). The name is identical with the word ''eið'' which means the "path/road between two waters" (here the
Beitstadfjorden and
Namsenfjorden). The
Vikings used to drag boats across Namdalseid using the
rivers and
waterways in the area, to get from one
fjord to another without having to risk crossing the treacherous
Folda fjord by travelling up the sheltered
Trondheimsfjord and continuing north along the coast. The passage was much easier in olden times as the
sea level was higher and the waterways more numerous, but as recently as 2004 a boatdrag was done to commemorate the old traditions. Nowadays, however, one has to transport the boats by road for a fairly long stretch. The first element ''Namdals-'' was added around 1550. It is the
genitive case
In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can al ...
of the old region name
Namdalen.
Coat of arms
The
coat of arms was granted on 8 December 1989. The arms show green and white
clover leaf shapes which represent the history of
agriculture in the municipality.
Churches
The
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...
had two parishes () within the municipality of Namdalseid. It is part of the
Nord-Innherad prosti
This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros which covers all of Trøndelag county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery in the diocese.
Administrati ...
(
deanery
A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...
) in the
Diocese of Nidaros
Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg ...
.
Geography
The municipality bordered the municipalities of
Flatanger,
Roan, and
Osen
Osen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Steinsdalen.
The municipality is the 240th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in No ...
to the west;
Namsos to the north;
Ã…fjord and
Verran
Verran is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1901 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was divided between Steinkjer Municipality and Indre Fosen Municipality. It was part of the Innherred region ...
to the southwest; and
Steinkjer to the southeast. Lakes in the region include
Gilten and
Finnvollvatnet
Finnvollvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies in the western part of the municipality, southwest of the village of Sverkmoen, and only about from the border with the neighboring municipality o ...
. The river
Sverka
Sverka is a small river in the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. It flows from the lakes called Finnvollvatnet and Furudalsvatnet northeast past the Sverkmoen area to the lake Øyungen. At Øyungen, it joins the river Øyens ...
runs through the western part of the municipality. The
Namsenfjorden formed most of the northern border.
Government
All municipalities in Norway, including Namdalseid, are responsible for
primary education
Primary education or elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary school. Primary education takes place in ''primary schools'', ''elementary schools'', or first ...
(through 10th grade), outpatient
health services
Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wiktionary:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physical and menta ...
,
senior citizen services,
unemployment and other
social services
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,
zoning,
economic development, and municipal
roads. The municipality is governed by a
municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a
mayor.
The municipality falls under the
Namdal District Court
Namdal District Court ( no, Namdal tingrett) was a district court in Trøndelag county, Norway. The court was based in the town of Namsos in Namsos municipality. The court existed until 2021. It served the municipalities of Flatanger, Fosnes, Gr ...
and the
Frostating Court of Appeal.
Municipal council
The
municipal council () of Namdalseid is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The
party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
Economy
Being mainly an agricultural municipality, Namdalseid struggled with a decline in population, as fewer and fewer people find they can make a living growing crops and raising
cattle. Other areas of interest for business were
fishing,
hunting
Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...
, and nature. Having one of the best small-
salmon (grisle) rivers in Trøndelag, Namdalseid is a haven for
fly fishing
Fly fishing is an angling method that uses a light-weight lure—called an artificial fly—to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. The light weight requires casting techniques significantly diffe ...
and attracts many fishermen every year. In addition to fishing many visit Namdalseid to experience the beautiful mountain scenery and to do some hunting.
Namdalseid also had some
industry. Hundseth Mølle is one of the largest
mills in Norway, Namdal Plast AS is a
factory manufacturing
fiberglass products, and Pelsberederiet AS is a manufacturer of
furs from
moose,
deer, and other wild animals.
See also
*
List of former municipalities of Norway
This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist.
When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. In 1958 the number had grown to a total of 744 rur ...
References
External links
*
Municipal fact sheetfrom
Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.
Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every yea ...
Årgårdselva one of the best salmon rivers in Norway
Finnvollvatnet Nature Reserve old growth forest, boreal rainforest, and rich bird life
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Namsos
Former municipalities of Norway
1838 establishments in Norway
2020 disestablishments in Norway
Populated places disestablished in 2020