or is a traditional district in

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 in the central part of

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. It consists of the areas around the inner part of the

Trondheimsfjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's List of Norwegian fjords, third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from Ørl ...

in the central-east part of the county. The district includes the municipalities of Levanger, Frosta, Verdal,

Inderøy Inderøy may refer to: Places * Inderøy Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Inderøya, a peninsula within Inderøy Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Other * Inderøy District Court, a former district court in Trøn ...

, and

Steinkjer or is a municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Steinkjer (town), town of Steinkjer which is located on the inne ...

. Historically, the municipalities of

Snåsa Snåsa may refer to: Places

*Snåsa Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Snåsa (village), a village in Snåsa Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Snåsa Church, a church built in 1200 in Snåsa Municipality in Trø ...

and Namdalseid have sometimes also been included in the Innherred district. The area encompasses about and about 68,062 residents (2004). There are several larger towns/cities in Innherred including

, Levanger, and

Verdalsøra Verdalsøra or Verdal is a town in Verdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is the administrative center of the municipality. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Verdalselva. The village of Vinne ...

The district is only a traditional geographical district, it has no administrative or governmental functions. Innherred is bordered by the district of

Namdalen Namdalen () is a Districts of Norway, traditional district in the central part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities of Namsos Municipality, Namsos, Grong Municipality, Grong, Overhalla Municipality, Overhalla, Røyrvik Municipality, Røyr ...

, to the east by

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, to the south by the district of Stjørdalen, and to the west by the district of

Fosen Fosen is a traditional district in coastal Trøndelag county, Norway. The district consists of the municipalities Osen, Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra, and Frøya. In colloquial speech, Fosen also refers to the Fosen ...

. The general Steinkjer-Levanger-Verdal area used to be the political centre of the old county of

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 ...

, and continues to serve as a ''de facto'' northern counterpart to the greater

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

area. However, attempts to solidify the Innherred region have generally failed; a

referendum A referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate (rather than their Representative democracy, representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue. A referendum may be either bin ...

in 2016 to combine the municipalities of Levanger and Verdal, whose main towns were just away from each other, and which would've seen Levanger increase from the 62nd most populated municipality in Norway to approximately 30th, was overwhelmingly rejected in Verdal.

References

External links

*https://www.visitinnherred.com/ {{authority control Districts of Trøndelag Levanger Frosta Steinkjer Verdal Inderøy