Budal is a former municipality in the old

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag (; ) was a Counties of Norway, county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag () county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1879 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed the ''Bua'' and ''Ena'' river valleys in the south-central part of the what is now

Midtre Gauldal Municipality Midtre Gauldal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren. ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county. The

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of Budal was the village of

Enodden Enodden is a village in Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the confluence of the rivers ''Bua'' and ''Ena'', about south of the village of Rognes, Norway, Rognes. It is located in the Budalen valley, about ...

where

Budal Church Budal Church () is a parish church within Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Enodden. It is the church for the Budal parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nid ...

is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 260th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Budal Municipality was the 674th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 545. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 7% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The parish of Budal was established as a municipality in 1879 when it was separated from the large

Støren Municipality is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was located in the north-central part of what is now ...

. Initially, Budal Municipality had a population of 585. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, a large municipal merger took place. Budal Municipality (population: 529) was merged with

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 ...

(population: 1,554),

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. Th ...

(population: 1,916), and

(population: 2,296) to form the new

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old ''Budalen'' farm () since the first

was built there. The first element is the name of the local river Bua. That name is the same as the word which refers to a "place where people live". The last element is which means "

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" or "dale". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Budalen''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Budal'', removing the definite form ending ''-en''.

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Budal Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Støren

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and 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), T ...

(

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) in the

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Geography

The municipality was located in the

Gauldalen Gauldal or Gauldalen () is a valley and Districts of Norway, traditional district in Trøndelag county, Norway. The river Gaula (Trøndelag), Gaula runs through the long valley from the mountains in Røros Municipality near the lake Aursunden t ...

valley.

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 ...

(in

Hedmark Hedmark () was a Counties of Norway, county in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmar ...

county) was to the south,

was to the east,

was to the north, and

was to the west. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Stiftsvardhøgda.

Government

While it existed, Budal Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

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Mayors

The

() of Budal was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: * 1879–1898: Lars Storrø ( H) * 1898-1898: Ellef Tollefsen Storbudal ( H) * 1899–1901: Nils Estensen Indseth ( H) * 1902–1913: Johan Bakken ( V) * 1914–1916: Ole Enlid ( Ap) * 1917–1919: Arnt Sæthermo ( V) * 1920–1925: Tollef Ellefsen Budal ( Bp) * 1926–1931: Arnt Sæthermo ( V) * 1932-1932: Bersvend Bjerkli ( Bp) * 1933-1933: Sven J. Enlid ( Ap) * 1933–1934: Arnt P. Sørløkken ( Ap) * 1935–1940: Nils Nilsen Indseth ( Ap) * 1941–1942: Fredrik Lillegraven ( NS) * 1942–1945: Arnt Storrøsæter ( NS) * 1945-1945: Nils Nilsen Indseth ( Ap) * 1946-1946: Gunnar Enlid ( Ap) * 1946–1947: Ingebrigt Raphaug ( Ap) * 1948–1951: Nils Nilsen Indseth ( Ap) * 1952–1955: Ingebrigt Raphaug ( Ap) * 1956–1959: Gunnar Enlid ( Ap) * 1960–1963: Jacob Hindbjørgen ( Ap)

Municipal council

The

of Budal was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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References

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