Stjørna is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in

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. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the land surrounding the Stjørnfjorden in what is now the municipalities of

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and

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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.

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

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(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

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. 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),

(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.

Government

The

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

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stjorna Former municipalities of Norway Ørland Indre Fosen 1899 establishments in Norway 1964 disestablishments in Norway

History

Government

See also

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