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Soknedal Municipality
Soknedal is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. It is located in the western part of what is now Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Soknedal, where the Soknedal Church is located. The municipality was named after the Soknedalen valley in which it is located. The valley is named after the river ''Sokna'' which runs through the valley. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 223rd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Soknedal Municipality was the 450th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,928. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 4.8% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Soknedal was established in 1841 when the old Støren Municipality was split into three sepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soknedal
Soknedal is a village in Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the river ''Sokna'' which flows north and later joins the river Gaula. The Dovrebanen railway line and the European route E06 highway both run through the village, heading to the city of Trondheim which is about to the north. The village of Støren lies about to the north and the village of Berkåk lies about to the south. The village has a population (2024) of 289 and a population density of . The village of Soknedal was the administrative centre of the old Soknedal Municipality which existed from 1841 until 1964. Soknedal Church Soknedal Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Soknedal. It is the church for the Soknedal parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (d ... is located in the village. References {{authority control Midtre Gauldal Form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singsås Municipality
Singsås is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. Singsås Municipality encompassed the eastern part of what is now Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative center was the Singsås, village of Singsås, where the Singsås Church is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 121st largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Singsås Municipality was the 522nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,598. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 7.8% over the previous 10-year period. General information In 1841, the western district (population: 1,272) of the old Haltdalen Municipality, Holtaalen Municipality was split off to form a separate municipality called ''Singsaas Municipality'' (under the recently passed forman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kvikne Municipality
Kvikne is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1966. The area is now divided between Tynset Municipality in Innlandet county and Rennebu Municipality in Trøndelag county. The area was one of the northernmost parts of the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre was the village of Kvikne where Kvikne Church is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1966, the municipality was the 85th largest by area out of the 466 municipalities in Norway. Kvikne Municipality was the 422nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,092. The municipality's population density was and its population had decreased by 13.3% over the previous 10-year period. Copper mining and soapstone quarries were historically significant industries in the municipality. General information Kvikne was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rennebu Municipality
Rennebu is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Berkåk, located along European route E6. The majority of the population lives in the villages of Berkåk, Innset, Trøndelag, Innset, Stamnan, Ulsberg, Voll, Trøndelag, Voll, and Nerskogen, Trøndelag, Nerskogen. The municipality is the 123rd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Rennebu Municipality is the 257th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,484. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 2.8% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Rennebu was established in 1839 when it was separated from Meldal Municipality. Initially, the population was 2,368. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meldal Municipality
Meldal is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Meldal. Other villages included Løkken Verk, Bjørnli, Å, and Storås. At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 184th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Meldal Municipality was also the 233rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,905. The municipality's population density was and its population had increased by 0.3% over the previous 10-year period. The municipality was most renowned for its mining activities at Løkken Verk, being the birthplace of the ''Orkla mining company'', now Orkla Group. It was also home to the annual Storåsfestivalen music festival. General information The parish of Meldal was established as a municipality on 1 Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauldal
Gauldal or Gauldalen () is a valley and traditional district in Trøndelag county, Norway. The river Gaula runs through the long valley from the mountains in Røros Municipality near the lake Aursunden to the Trondheimsfjorden. The narrow valley runs northwards from Røros to the Haltdalen area, where it widens some, turns and heads generally to the west to the village of Støren. At Støren it turns again and heads north through what is now a wide, agricultural valley until it reaches the sea just south of the city of Trondheim. The Rørosbanen and Dovrebanen railway lines follow the Gauldalen valley on their way to Trondheim. The European route E6 highway and the Norwegian County Road 30 also follow the valley. The traditional district of Gauldal includes Holtålen Municipality, Midtre Gauldal Municipality, and Melhus Municipality. Røros Municipality is often (traditionally) counted as a part of the district, even though it lies outside the actual Gaula river valley. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Finnset. The Bishop Preses, currently Olav Fykse Tveit is also based at the Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into nine deaneries ''(prosti)''. While the Bishop Preses holds episcopal responsibility within the Nidaros domprosti (deanery) in Trondheim, the Bishop of Nidaros holds episcopal authority of the other eight deaneries as well as the language based parish of the Southern Sámi. History The diocese of Nidaros was established in 1068. It originally covered the (modern) counties of Trøndelag, Nordland, Troms, and Finnmark, along with the regions of Nordmøre and Romsdal (in Møre og Romsdal county) and Härjedalen (in Sweden), and also the northern part of Østerdalen ( Tynset, Tolga, and Os). The region of Sunnm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deanery
A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a dean. Catholic usage In the Catholic Church, Can.374 §2 of the Code of Canon Law grants to bishops the possibility to join together several neighbouring parishes into special groups, such as ''vicariates forane'', or deaneries. Each deanery is headed by a vicar forane, also called a dean or archpriest, who is—according to the definition provided in canon 553—a priest appointed by the bishop after consultation with the priests exercising ministry in the deanery. Canon 555 defines the duties of a dean as:Vicars Forane (Cann. 553–555) from the |
Gauldal 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 (city), Trondheim in Trondheim Municipality. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery (; headed by a Provost (religion), provost) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches within each municipality elects their own church council (). Each municipality may have one or more parishes () within the municipality. Each parish elects their own councils (). Each parish has one or more Parish church, local church. The municipality of Trondheim includes several deaneries within the municipality due to its large population. The number and size of the deaneries and parishes has changed over time. In 1995, the old Sør-Fosen prosti was merged with Orkdal prosti and on the same date the old Nord-Fosen prosti was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
