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Ã…fjord Municipality
Åfjord is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Å, Åfjord, Årnes. Other villages in the municipality include Revsnes, Trøndelag, Revsnes, Roan (village), Roan, Bessaker, Harsvika, and By, Norway, By. Åfjord is located on the northwestern side of the Fosen peninsula, northwest of the city of Trondheim (city), Trondheim. The municipality is the 74th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Åfjord is the 197th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,339. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 2.6% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of ''Aafjord'' was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 26 March 1870, a royal resolution moved a small, unpopulated part to Aafjord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…, Ã…fjord
Åfjord (also known as: Årnes, Å i Åfjord, or just Å) is the administrative center of Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Åfjorden, about west of the village of By, Norway, By. The lake Stordalsvatnet lies just east of the village. Åfjord Church is located in Å, just west of the Nordalselva river. The village has a population (2024) of 1,386 and a population density of . Name The village is named after the old ''Aa'' farm, first referenced in 1329 as ''"Aom"''. The name "Aa" () comes from the plural of ''á'' which means "(small) river", probably because two rivers run together beneath the farm. With the Norwegian language conflict, Norwegian spelling reforms in the early 20th century, the letter "Aa" was changed to "Å". On 13 July 1934, the name of the municipality was changed from "Å" to "Åfjord". Since then, the administrative centre in the municipality was referred to as "Å i Åfjord". On 1 November 1980, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' (, abbreviated ''SNL'') is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. It has several subdivisions, including the Norsk biografisk leksikon. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with up to 3.5 million unique visitors per month. Paper editions (1978–2007) The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1906–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales of paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestegjeld
A ''prestegjeld'' was a geographic and administrative area within the Church of Norway (''Den Norske Kirke'') roughly equivalent to a parish. This traditional designation was in use for centuries to divide the kingdom into ecclesiastical areas that were led by a parish priest. ''Prestegjelds'' began in the 1400s and were officially discontinued in 2012. History Prior to the discontinuation of the ''prestegjeld'', Norway was geographically divided into 11 dioceses (''bispedømme''). Each diocese was further divided into deaneries (''prosti''). Each of those deaneries were divided into several parishes (''prestegjeld''). Each parish was made up of one or more sub-parishes or congregations (''sogn'' or ''sokn''). Within a ''prestegjeld'', there were usually one or more clerical positions ( chaplains) serving under the administration of a head minister (''sogneprest'' or ''sokneprest''). In 1838, the formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full achievement (heraldry), heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest (heraldry), crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to the armiger (e.g. an individual person, family, state, organization, school or corporation). The term "coat of arms" itself, describing in modern times just the heraldic design, originates from the description of the entire medieval chainmail "surcoat" garment used in combat or preparation for the latter. Roll of arms, Rolls of arms are collections of many coats of arms, and since the early Modern Age centuries, they have been a source of information for public showing and tracing the membership of a nobility, noble family, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roan Municipality
Roan is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1892 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Åfjord Municipality. It was part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region along the coast. The administrative centre of the municipality was the Roan (village), village of Roan. Other villages included Bessaker, Brandsfjord, and Hofstad. At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 248th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Roan was the 396th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 957. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 5.2% over the last decade. A large wind park is located on the mountain plateau just southeast of Bessaker. General information The municipality of Roan was established on 1 June 1892 when the old Bjørnør Municipality was divided into three parts: Roan Munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag (; ) was a Counties of Norway, county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag () county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean), and to the east is Jämtland in Sweden. The county was separated into a northern and southern part by the Trondheimsfjorden. Slightly over 200,000 of the county's population (or around 55%) lives in the city of Trondheim (city), Trondheim and its suburbs. The Norwegian language, Norwegian dialect of the region is Trøndersk. The region was divided into two administrative counties in 1804. In 2016, the two county councils voted to merge into Trøndelag, a single county, which became effective 1 January 2018. Name The name ''Sør-Trøndelag'' was created in 1919. It means '(the) southern (part of) Trøndelag'. Until 1919, the name of the county was ''Søndre Trondhjems amt''. The meani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway (, 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 year on its web site. All releases are published both in Norwegian and English. In addition a number of edited publications are published, and all are available on the web site for free. As the central Norwegian office for official government statistics, Statistics Norway provides the public and government with extensive research and analysis activities. It is administratively placed under the Ministry of Finance but operates independently from all government agencies. Statistics Norway has a board appointed by the government. It relies extensively on data from registers, but are also collecting data from surveys and questionnaires, including from cities and municipalities. History Statistics Norway was originally established in 1876. The Statistics Act of 1989 provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoksund Municipality
Stoksund is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1892 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was located in what is now Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county. The municipality included the islands of Stokkøya and Linesøya plus many surrounding islets, and the surrounding area of the mainland. The administrative centre was the village of Revsnes, Trøndelag, Revsnes, where the Stoksund Church is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 493rd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Stoksund Municipality was the 530th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,537. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 1.7% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Stoksund was established on 1 June 1892 when the old Bjørnør Municipality was divided into three parts: Stoksund Municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schei Committee
The Schei Committee () was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo .... It convened in 1946, and its formal name was (The 1946 Committee on Municipal Division). Its more commonly used name derives from the committee leader, Nikolai Schei, who was County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane at the time. The committee concluded its work in 1962. By that time, it had published an eighteen-volume work called ''Kommuneinndelingskomitéens endelige tilråding om kommunedelingen''. The findings of the committee were highly influential; it spurred a series of mergers of municipalities, especially during the 1960s, reducing the number of municipalities in Norway from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jøssund Municipality
Jøssund is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1896 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed northern coastal area of the present-day Ørland Municipality in Trøndelag county. The main church for Jøssund was Jøssund Church in the village of Jøssund, Ørland, Jøssund which was the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages in Jøssund included Lysøysundet and Vallersund. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 547th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Jøssund Municipality was the 455th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,915. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 0.5% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Jøssund was established on 1 January 1896 when it was split off from the large Åfjord Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
