Singsås is a former municipality in the old

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. ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. Singsås Municipality encompassed the eastern part of what is now

Midtre Gauldal Municipality Midtre Gauldal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren. ...

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county. The

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was the village of Singsås, where the

Singsås Church Singsås Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Singsås Singsås is a village in Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county, No ...

is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 121st largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Singsås Municipality was the 522nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,598. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 7.8% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

In 1841, the western district (population: 1,272) of the old Holtaalen Municipality was split off to form a separate municipality called ''Singsaas Municipality'' (under the recently passed

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law). On 1 January 1875, an unpopulated area of Singsås Municipality made up of rural farmland and mountains was transferred to the neighboring

Budal Municipality Budal is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1879 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed the ''Bua'' and ''Ena'' river valleys in the sout ...

. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, a municipal merger took place:

(population: 529), Singsås Municipality (population: 1,554),

Soknedal Municipality Soknedal is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. It is located in the western part of what is now Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county. Th ...

(population: 1,916), and

Støren Municipality is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was located in the north-central part of what is now ...

(population: 2,296) were all merged to form the new

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old ''Singsås'' farm () since the first

was built there. The first element is a male name or . The last element is possibly which means "hill" or "ridge". On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled ''Singsaas'' with the

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" aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Singsås'', using the letter å instead.

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Singsås Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Haltdalen

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and the

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(

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) in the

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Geography

The municipality was located in the

Gauldalen Gauldal or Gauldalen () is a valley and Districts of Norway, traditional district in Trøndelag county, Norway. The river Gaula (Trøndelag), Gaula runs through the long valley from the mountains in Røros Municipality near the lake Aursunden t ...

valley.

Haltdalen Municipality Haltdalen (historically: ''Holtaalen'' or ''Holtålen'') is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1972 when it was merged with Ålen Municipality to become the present-day Hol ...

was to the east,

Selbu Municipality Selbu is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mebonden. Other villages in Selbu include Flora, Trøndelag, Flora, Fossan ...

was to the northeast,

was to the northwest,

was to the southwest, and a small part of

Tolga Municipality Tolga is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tolga. Other villages in the municipality include Hodalen, Øversj� ...

(in

Hedmark Hedmark () was a Counties of Norway, county in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmar ...

county) was to the south. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain

Forollhogna Forollhogna is a mountain located on the border between three municipalities in Norway: Midtre Gauldal Municipality and Holtålen Municipality (in Trøndelag county) and Os Municipality (in Innlandet county). The tall mountain Forollhogna is the ...

, on the border with neighboring

Government

While it existed, Singsås Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

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Municipal council

The

of Singsås was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

() of Singsås was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: * 1841–1841: Peder Olsen Reppe * 1842–1845: Peder Thomassen Talsnes * 1846–1849: Esten Andersen Hovstad * 1850–1851: Hans Jacobsen Winsnes * 1852–1855: Ole Pedersen Kjelden * 1856–1859: Peder Pedersen Winsnes * 1860–1861: Hans Jacobsen Winsnes * 1862–1865: Peder Pedersen Winsnes * 1866–1867: Peder Tønder Monsen * 1868–1879: Peder Pedersen Winsnes * 1880–1898: Hans Olsen Mahlum ( H) * 1899–1901: Tomas Jensen Bogen ( V) * 1902–1904: Peder Pedersen Reppe ( V) * 1905–1916: Ingebrigt Ingebrigtsen Huus ( V) * 1917–1919: Tomas Jensen Bogen ( V) * 1920–1922: Ole Olsen Koth ( Ap) * 1923–1928: Ole Hansen Malum ( H) * 1929–1934: Hans Pedersen Winsnes ( Bp) * 1935–1937: Ingebrigt Ingebrigtsen Huus ( Bp) * 1938–1941: Hans P. Foros ( Ap) * 1941–1943: Arnt P. Hinsværk * 1943–1945: Johan P. Kristiansen * 1945–1947: Hans P. Foros ( Ap) * 1948–1959: Arnt P. Hinsværk ( Bp) * 1960–1963: Ivar Grytdal ( Sp)

References

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