Lånke was a former municipality in 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, Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was located south of the Stjørdalselva river in what is now the south-central part of

Stjørdal Stjørdal () or is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen. Some of the villages in the municipalit ...

municipality in Trøndelag county. The

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was located in the village of

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. The famous Hell Station in the village of Hell is situated in the westernmost part of Lånke. There are two churches in Lånke:

Lånke Church Lånke Church ( no, Lånke kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stjørdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lånke, just east of the village of Hell, Norway, Hell. It is one of the churches ...

and

Elvran Chapel Elvran Chapel ( no, Elvran kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stjørdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Elvran. It is one of the churches for the Lånke parish which is part of the Stj ...

. Historically, this parish was also known as ''Leksdal''. Lånke is an area dominated by agriculture and forests.

History

The municipality of Laanke was created on 1 January 1902 when the old municipality of Nedre Stjørdal was split into three new municipalities: Laanke (population: 1,449),

(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 which at that time was in the neighboring county of

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a 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 No ...

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

(population: 6,204), Hegra (population: 2,704), and Skatval (population: 1,944) merged to form a new, larger municipality of

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Lånke, 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 elects a mayor.

Municipal council

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

History

Government

Municipal council

See also

References