Øvre Stjørdal

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Øvre Stjørdal herred
Former Municipality
Municipality ID	NO-1711
Created from	Stjørdalen in 1850
Split into	Hegra and Meråker in 1874

Øvre Stjørdal is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It encompassed the present-day municipality of Meråker as well as part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal.

History

The municipality of Øvre Stjørdal was established in 1850 when the municipality of Stjørdalen (see formannskapsdistrikt) was divided into Nedre Stjørdal and Øvre Stjørdal. The initial population of Øvre Stjørdal was 5,100. On 1 January 1874, Øvre Stjørdal ceased to exist when it was split to form two new municipalities: Hegra and Meråker. Prior to the split, the population was 5,270.^[1]

References

↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

v t e Municipalities of Nord-Trøndelag

Current	Flatanger Fosnes Frosta Grong Høylandet Inderøy Leka Leksvik Levanger Lierne Meråker Nærøy Namdalseid Namsos Namsskogan Overhalla Røyrvik Snåsa Steinkjer Stjørdal Verdal Verran Vikna

Former	Beitstad Egge Foldereid Frol Gravvik Harran Hegra Klinga Kolvereid Kvam Lånke Malm Mosvik Mosvik og Verran Nedre Stjørdal Nordli Ogndal Otterøy Røra Sandvollan Skatval Skogn Sparbu Stjørdalen Stod Sørli Vemundvik Ytterøy Øvre Stjørdal Åsen

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