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 Steinkjer is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Steinkjer which is located on the inner part of the Trondheimsfjord. The town is also the ...

and

Indre Fosen Municipality Indre Fosen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Fosen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnset. Other villages in Indre Fosen include Askjem, Dalbygda, Hass ...

. It was part of the Innherred region. The

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of the municipality was the village of Malm. Other villages in Verran included Follafoss,

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Verrabotn Verrabotn is a village located in the municipality of Indre Fosen in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at end of the Verrasundet arm of the Trondheimsfjord. The village of Verrastranda lies about to the northeast, the village of Trongsund ...

, and Verrastranda. At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 185th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Verran was the 294th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,473. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 16.1% over the last decade.

General information

The municipality of Verran was established on 1 January 1901 when the old municipality of Mosvik og Verran was divided into two new municipalities:

Mosvik Mosvik is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality was part of the Innherred region. The municipality existed from 1901 until its dissolution in 2012. The old municipality encompassed the southern par ...

(population: 969) and Verran (population: 1,456). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Malm (population: 2,975) to the north and Verran (population: 1,803) to the south were merged to form a new municipality of Verran. After the merger, there were 4,778 residents in Verran. On 1 January 1968, the

Framverran Framverran is a village in the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about from the Mosvik (village), village of Mosvik, about northwest of the village of Venneshamn, and about northeast of Trongsundet. The villa ...

area on the south side of the Verrasundet fjord (population: 395) was transferred from Verran to the neighboring municipality of

. 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 municipality of Verran was merged with the neighboring municipality of Steinkjer to form a new, larger

. Also on that date, the

area in southwestern Verran was merged with the neighboring municipality of Indre Fosen (instead of merging with Steinkjer like the rest of Verran).

Name

The municipality is named after the Verrasundet fjord ( non, Veri), which is an arm of the great Trondheimsfjord. The meaning of the old name is probably "the quiet one" or "the fjord with still water".

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 11 September 1987. The arms show a blue background with a silver '' verranjekt'', a type of boat that is common in the area.

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 Verran. 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 ...

(

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) 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

Verran bordered the municipalities of Åfjord to the west, Indre Fosen to the south,

Inderøy Inderøy is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. Other villages include Framverran, Gangstadhaugen, Hylla, Kjerknesvågen, Kjer ...

to the southeast, Steinkjer to the east, and

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to the north. Verran encompasses the western coastline of the

Beitstadfjord Beitstadfjorden () is the innermost arm of the Trondheimsfjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the municipalities of Steinkjer, Inderøy, and a small part extends into Indre Fosen. The fjord has a length of from southwest to northe ...

, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord. There are three large lakes in Verran:

Ormsetvatnet Ormsetvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about northeast of the village of Verrabotn. The lake has a dam at the southern end, the water flows out into the short river Moldelva which flo ...

Selavatnet Straumsetervatnet or Selavatnet is a lake on the border of the municipalities of Åfjord and Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway. The majority of the lake lies in Steinkjer, with the northwestern end of the lake partially lying in Åfjord. The ...

, and

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. The river Follaelva runs through the municipality, emptying into the Trondheimsfjord at Follafoss.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Verran, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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, senior citizen services, unemployment and other

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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

Inntrøndelag District Court Inntrøndelag District Court ( no, Inntrøndelag tingrett) was a district court in the Inntrøndelag region in Trøndelag county, Norway. The court was based in Steinkjer. The court existed until 2021. It had jurisdiction over the municipalities ...

and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council () of Verran 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

Forestry is an important industry in Verran. There is also a

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in Follafoss that is a large factory. The paper mill is owned by

Södra Cell Folla FollaCell is a paper mill located in the village of Follafoss in Steinkjer Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The mill produces 130,000 tonnes of CTMP pulp per year, and is owned by Mayr-Melnhof. History Folla Bruk AS traditionally owne ...

References

External links

*
Municipal fact sheet
from

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