Ytterøy is a former municipality in the old

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. Originally, it was a large municipality that encompassed the island of

Ytterøya Ytterøya is an island in the Trondheimsfjord in Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long island has an area of has about 600 residents (as of 2018). The highest point is the tall Sanstadkammen. The island has good agricul ...

and parts of the mainland to the northwest of the island on the west side of the

Trondheimsfjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's List of Norwegian fjords, third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from Ørl ...

. By 1964 when it was dissolved, Ytterøy only included the island of

. Since 1964, the island has been part of what is now

Levanger Municipality Levanger is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the district of Innherred. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Levanger (town), town of Levanger. Some o ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county. The island is connected to the rest of the municipality by the

Levanger–Hokstad Ferry The Levanger–Hokstad Ferry is an automobile ferry on Norwegian County Road 774 that connects the island of Ytterøya to the town of Levanger on the mainland of Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long passage on Trondhei ...

that crosses the

. The main church for the municipality was

Ytterøy Church Ytterøy Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the island of Ytterøya, just north of the village of Hokstad. It is the church for the Ytterøy parish which i ...

. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 617th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Ytterøy Municipality was the 646th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 803. The municipality's

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was and its population had increased by 7.9% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The

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 tha ...

of Ytterøy was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law). On 1 January 1867, the mainland part of the municipality was separated from Ytterøy to form the new

Mosvik og Verran Municipality Mosvik og Verran is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1867 until 1901 when it was split into two. It was located on the Fosen peninsula, on ...

(population: 2,949). This left a much smaller Ytterøy Municipality with 1,499 residents living on the island of

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

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. On 1 January 1964, Ytterøy Municipality was merged with the neighboring

on the mainland. Prior to the merger, Ytterøy Municipality had 772 residents.

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the island of

(, or more recently ) since the first

was built there. The first element of the original name is the definite singular form of which means "

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". The last element is which means "outer". Thus the meaning of the name is "the outer island" (as opposed to the nearby

Inderøya Inderøya is a peninsula in the Trondheimsfjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. The peninsula constitutes part of Inderøy Municipality (which is named after the peninsula). The peninsula borders the Beitstadfjorden to the north, the Børgin fjor ...

which means "the inner island"). Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Ytterøen''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Ytterøy''.

Churches

The

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

and the

Sør-Innherad prosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Trøndelag county. The diocese is based at the Nidaros Cathedral in the city of Trondheim in Trondh ...

(

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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

The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Sandstadheia on the western end of the island of

Government

While it existed, Ytterøy 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 Ytterøy was made up of 13 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 Ytterøy was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: * 1838–1839: Anthon P. Jenssen * 1840–1843: Anders Sandstad * 1844–1847: Anthon P. Jenssen * 1848–1851: Johannes Tørrissen Worum * 1852–1855: Anders Sandstad * 1856–1859: Johannes Tørrissen Worum * 1860–1861: Anders Sandstad * 1862–1866: Benedict Jenssen * 1867–1871: Anders Sandstad * 1872–1873: John Guldahl * 1874–1875: Martinus Barstad * 1876–1881: John Guldahl * 1882–1884: Peder Sandstad ( V) * 1885–1894: Anders Møen ( V) * 1895–1902: Peder Sandstad ( V) * 1903–1922: Anton Faanes ( V) * 1923–1928: Sofus Vigen ( H) * 1929–1931: John Vigen ( H) * 1932–1937: Sofus Vigen ( H) * 1938-1938: Johannes Stavrum ( Bp) * 1938–1941: Ingmar Nøst ( Bp) * 1942–1945: Nils Myhr ( NS) * 1945–1955: Ingmar Nøst ( Bp) * 1956–1963: Henrik J. Sandstad ( Bp)

References

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