Byneset is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality of Byneset encompassed the western part of what is now

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county. Byneset Municipality was located along an arm of the

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and it was separated from the

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by the Bymarka recreation area. The local Byneset Church is one of the oldest stone churches in Norway. The largest village in Byneset was Spongdal which was the

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of the municipality. Other villages included Byneset and Langørjan. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 548th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Byneset Municipality was the 437th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,008. The municipality's

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was and its population had increased by 4.7% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The municipality of Byneset was established on 1 January 1838 (see

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law). According to the 1835 census, there were 2,143 people living in the area that became Byneset Municipality. In 1855, the part of the municipality located south of the Gaulosen bay (population: 841) was separated to become the new Buvik Municipality. This left Byneset Municipality with a population of 2,109. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, there was a major municipal merger: Byneset Municipality (population: 2,049), Leinstrand Municipality (population: 4,193),

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(population: 44,600),

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(population: 3,595), and the

(population: 56,982) were merged to form the new

which would have a total population of 111,419.

Name

The municipality is named ''Bynes'' or ''Byneset'' since this has been the name for the area since the mid-1400s. The first element is the name of the old ''By'' farm () which means "

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". The last element is the old name (1400s and earlier) for the medieval

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for this area, , which is the word for "

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" (because this area is located on a

between the

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and Gaulosen fjord.

Churches

The

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

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and the Heimdal prosti (

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) in the

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Geography

The municipality was located on the Byneset peninsula, just west of the

. It was bordered by

, and Leinstrand Municipality to the east. The

was to the north, Orkdalsfjorden to the west, and the Gaulosen bay to the south. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Storheia.

Government

While it existed, Byneset Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services, welfare 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 indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The

of Byneset was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

() of Byneset was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: * 1838–1841: Christian Petersen * 1842–1845: Christen Larsen Rye * 1846–1849: Johan Lausen Koren Dahl * 1850–1851: Christen Monsen Hangeraas * 1852–1852: Lars Ingebretsen Skjøstad * 1852–1859: Christen Larsen Rye * 1860–1863: Lars Christensen Gaustad * 1864–1871: Anders Olsen Vorset * 1872–1873: Ingebrigt Andersen Brendsel * 1874–1877: Ole Knutsen Haugan * 1878–1887: Lars Christensen Gaustad ( V) * 1888–1893: Anders Larsen Bodsberg * 1894–1897: Ole Larsen Risstad ( H) * 1898–1898: Ole Larsen Engen ( V) * 1899–1901: Ole Larsen Risstad ( H) * 1902–1907: Ole Gudmundsen Frøseth ( V) * 1908–1919: Ole Larsen Engen ( V) * 1920–1925: Ole Knutsen Rye ( LL) * 1926–1934: Axel Høyem ( Bp) * 1935–1940: Elling Larsen Opland ( Bp) * 1941–1945: Anders Skogstad ( NS) * 1945–1947: Elling Larsen Opland ( Bp) * 1948–1953: Lars Olsen Gaustad ( Bp) * 1954–1959: Kristoffer Rye ( Bp) * 1960–1963: Kristen Løvseth ( Bp)

References

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