Buvik

Buvik herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Buvik herred
Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates:
Country Norway
Region Trøndelag
County Sør-Trøndelag
District Orkdalen
Municipality ID NO-1656
Adm. Center Buvika
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created from Byneset in 1855
Merged into Skaun in 1965

Buvik is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre was located in the village of Buvika. Buvik encompasses the extreme northeastern part of the present-day municipality of Skaun. It encompassed the area surrounding the Vigda river south of the Gaulosen fjord.[1]

History

The municipality was established in 1855 when it split off from the old municipality of Byneset. Initially, Buvik had a population of 841. On 1 January 1964, the Langørgen farm area (population: 11) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Melhus. On 1 January 1965, the rest of Buvik (population: 1,267) was merged together with Børsa and Skaun to form a new, larger municipality of Skaun.[2]

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