Sør-Frøya

Sør-Frøya herad
—  Former Municipality  —
Sør-Frøya
Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates:
Country Norway
Region Trøndelag
County Sør-Trøndelag
Municipality ID NO-1619
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Created from Frøya in 1906
Merged into Frøya in 1964

Sør-Frøya is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It was made up of the southwestern part of the island of Frøya.[1] The main population center of Sør-Frøya was the village of Titran on the western tip of the island. Hallaren church (Sør-Frøya church) is located in Storhallaren on the southern coast of the island.

History

The municipality of Sør-Frøya was established on 1 January 1906 when the old municipality of Frøya was divided into Sør-Frøya (South Frøya) and Nord-Frøya (North Frøya). The initial population was 2,091. On 1 January 1964, Sør-Frøya ceased to exist when it was merged back together with Nord-Frøya to form the municipality of Frøya once again. Prior to the merger, its population was 2,208.[2]

References

  1. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Sør-Frøya" (in Norwegian). http://www.snl.no/S%C3%B8r-Fr%C3%B8ya. Retrieved 2010-12-23. 
  2. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.