Roan is a former municipality 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 ...

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. The municipality existed from 1892 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined

Åfjord Municipality Åfjord is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Å, Åfjord, Årnes ...

. It was part of the

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along the coast. The

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of the municipality was the village of Roan. Other villages included Bessaker, Brandsfjord, and Hofstad. At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 248th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Roan was the 396th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 957. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 5.2% over the last decade. A large wind park is located on the mountain plateau just southeast of Bessaker.

General information

The municipality of Roan was established on 1 June 1892 when the old

Bjørnør Municipality Bjørnør is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1892 in what was at that time the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. It encompassed the area of what is now Osen Municip ...

was divided into three parts: Roan Municipality (population: 2,069) in the centre,

Osen Municipality Osen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Osen. The other main village is Seter. Most residents live in the coastal areas or in the Stei ...

(population: 1,575) in the north, and

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(population: 1,122) in the south. On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old

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county to the new

county. On 1 January 2020, Roan Municipality was merged into the neighboring

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old ''Roan'' farm since the first Roan Church was built there. The name is probably derived from the

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word which means "pole" a reference to a

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peak behind the farm.

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 22 May 1987 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official

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is ''"

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, three terns

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"'' (). This means the arms have a blue

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(background) and the

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is a group of three flying

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s. The bird design has a

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which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. Terns, a very watchful and energetic

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, are intended to symbolize the local inhabitants and the coast with the vast bird life in the area. The arms were initially designed by Solfrid Krogfjord with the final design by Einar H. Skjervold. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms. After the municipal merger on 1 January 2020, these arms were adopted as the arms for the new

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Roan Municipality. It is part of the

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(

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) in the

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Geography

Roan was located on the

peninsula between

(to the south) and

(to the north), with

Namdalseid Municipality Namdalseid is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 to 1846 and then again from 1904 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Namsos Municipality. It was part of the Namdalen region. The admin ...

to the east. Roan also included a number of islands in the

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to the west. Three major

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s cut into the landscape: the Brandsfjorden in the north, Bersfjorden in the central part, and the Skjørafjorden in the south. The

Kaura lighthouse Kaura Lighthouse () is a coastal lighthouse in Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The tall tower is located on the small island of Kaura in the mouth of the Brandsfjorden about west of the village of Bessaker and about northwe ...

was located on a small island in the mouth of the Brandsfjorden. The Hellfjorden is a small fjord arm that branches off the main Brandsfjorden. The landscape was very hilly, with bare mountaintops reaching above sea level. The highest point in the municipality is the tall mountain Dåapma, located on the border with

Government

While it existed, Roan 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

Fosen District Court Fosen District Court () was a district court in Trøndelag county, Norway. The court was based at the Fosen Tinghus in the town of Brekstad in Ørland Municipality. The court existed from 1591 until 2021. It had jurisdiction over the municipaliti ...

and the

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Municipal council

The

() of Roan is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

() of Roan was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: *1892–1907: John Hopstad ( MV/ V) *1908–1919: Johan Stinessen ( V) *1920–1922: Henrik Guttelvik ( V) *1923–1925: Johan Stinessen ( V) *1926–1931: Anton Lindbak Nilssen ( Bp) *1932–1937: Menelai Næss ( V) *1938–1945: Anton Lindbak Nilssen ( Bp) *1946–1951: Kristian Strøm ( KrF) *1952–1959: Anton Lindbak Nilssen ( Bp) *1960–1963: Hans Viken ( H) *1964–1979: Magnar Wiik ( Ap) *1980–1985: Johan Nerdal ( Sp) *1986–1987: Jan Utkilen ( H) *1988–1991: Henning Martinsen ( H) *1992–1995: Erling Eian ( H) *1995–1999: Henning Martinsen ( H) *1999–2003: Oddvar Dahl ( Sp) *2003–2011: Albert Larsen ( H) *2011–2015: Jan Helge Grydeland ( Sp) *2015–2019: Einar Eian ( H)

Population

Almost all the inhabitants lived along the coast or in the Hofstaddalen valley. The islands were all generally uninhabited with few exceptions. The island of Brandsøya, which has a bridge connecting it to the mainland, had some inhabitants. There are only two roads leaving the municipality: one going south to Å in

and one to the north to

References

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