Hølonda

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Hølonda is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway.

Hølonda was separated from Melhus in 1865. The new municipality had a population of 1,818.

On 1 January 1964 Hølonda was reincorporated into Melhus. Prior to the merger Hølonda had a population of 1,428.

[edit] The name

The Old Norse form of the name was Høylönd. The first element is høy n 'hay', the last element is the plural form of land n 'land, district'.

Until 1889 the name was written Høilandet, in the period 1889-1931 Hølandet, from 1932 on Hølonda. (See also the names of Høland and Høylandet.)

[edit] References

• Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".