Foldereid is a former municipality in the northern part of the old

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

county in

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. The municipality existed from 1886 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the area surrounding the inner part of the

Folda Folda may refer to: Places * Folda, Angus, a hamlet in Angus, Scotland * Folda, Nordland, a fjord in Nordland county, Norway * Folda (Rindal), a river in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway * Folda, Trøndelag Folda is a firth ...

fjord, the ''Innerfolda'' in the present-day

Nærøysund Municipality Nærøysund is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the mer ...

and

Høylandet Municipality Høylandet is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Høylandet. Other villages include Kongsmoen and Vassbotna. The municipality is the ...

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 village of Foldereid, where the

Foldereid Church Foldereid Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Foldereid. It is one of the churches for the Nærøy parish which is part of the Namdal prost ...

is located, was the

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of the municipality. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 191st largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Foldereid Municipality was the 606th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,036. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 4.2% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The municipality of Foldereid was established on 1 October 1886 when it was separated from the large Kolvereid Municipality. Initially, the new municipality had 948 residents. 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 merger took place which dissolved Foldereid Municipality. The following areas were merged to form a new, larger

Nærøy Municipality Nærøy () is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality of Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. It is now part of Nærøysund Municipality in the Nam ...

: *the western two-thirds of Foldereid Municipality (population: 817 *all of Kolvereid Municipality (population: 2,426)) *all of

Gravvik Municipality Gravvik is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1909 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality covered the northern coastal areas of the present-day Nærøysund Municipality in Tr� ...

(population: 816) *all of

(population: 2,182) On the same date, the eastern third of Foldereid Municipality, the

Kongsmoen Kongsmoen is a village in the northern part of Høylandet Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the innermost point at the end of the Foldafjord, about east of the village of Foldereid and about north of the vill ...

area, (population: 221) was merged into the neighboring

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old ''

Foldereid Foldereid is a village in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located near the inner part of the Folda, Trøndelag, Folda fjord, the ''Innerfolda'', just south of the border with Nordland county. The Norwegian ...

'' farm (). The farm is named after the local fjord, Foldafjorden. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the local fjord, , which has an uncertain meaning. The last element is which means "

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", due to the fact that the Foldereid farm lies on a rather flat piece of land that is about wide between the Foldafjorden and an arm of the

Bindalsfjorden Bindalsfjorden is a fjord in the southern part of Nordland county, Norway. The fjord is mostly located in Bindal Municipality Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway. The admini ...

to the north.

Churches

The

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

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and the Ytre Namdal prosti (

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) in the

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Geography

Foldereid Municipality was located in the northern part of

county. It was bordered by

Bindal Municipality Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Terråk. Other villages include Bindalseidet, Holm, Vassås, Horsfjord and Åbygda. The ...

(in

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

county) in the north,

to the northwest, Kolvereid Municipality to the southwest,

to the south, and

Namsskogan Municipality Namsskogan is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag, Norway. Namsskogan is located in the upper part of the long Namdalen valley Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Namsskogan ...

to the east. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Fuglstadfjellet on the border with

to the north.

Government

While it existed, Foldereid 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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Municipal council

The

of Foldereid 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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Mayors

The

() of Foldereid was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: * 1887-1889: Haagen E. Andersen * 1890-1891: Ole Tobias Olsen * 1892-1895: Martin Rosendal * 1896-1903: Johannes Klingen * 1904-1904: Even M. Aune * 1905-1907: Martin Rosendal * 1908-1919: Andreas Synnes * 1920-1922: Jermund E. Homo ( Bp) * 1923–1928: Richard Sivertsen ( Bp) * 1929–1931: Jermund E. Homo ( Bp) * 1932–1934: Peter Jæger-Leirvik ( Bp) * 1935–1937: Bjarne Krekling ( Bp) * 1938–1940: Stockfleth Saur ( Bp) * 1940–1942: Ingvald Rishaug * 1942–1945: Peter Jæger-Leirvik ( NS) * 1945-1947: Stockfleth Saur ( Bp) * 1948–1951: Bjarne Krekling ( Bp) * 1952–1955: Karl Vennevik ( Bp) * 1956–1959: Gunnar Brevik ( Bp) * 1960–1963: Sveinung Leirvik ( Bp)

References

{{Authority control Høylandet Nærøysund Nærøy Former municipalities of Norway 1886 establishments in Norway 1964 disestablishments in Norway Populated places established in 1886 Populated places disestablished in 1964