Stadsbygd is a former municipality in the old

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county,

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality existed on the southern part of the

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, along the

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in what is now

Indre Fosen Municipality Indre Fosen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Fosen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnset. Other villages in Indre Fosen include Askjem, Dalbygda, ...

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county. The

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was the village of

Stadsbygd Stadsbygd or Askjem is a village in Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the southern end of the Fosen peninsula in a wide, flat valley along the north side of the Trondheimsfjord. The village of Rørv ...

, just north of the Stadsbygd Church. Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the municipality was the 452nd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Stadsbygd Municipality was the 472nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,818. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 8% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

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

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law). In 1860, the northwestern district of Stadsbygd (population: 3,733) was separated to form a municipality the new

Rissa Municipality Rissa is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county in Norway in the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. The municipality existed from 1860 until its dissolution on 1 Januar ...

. The split left Stadsbygd Municipality with a population of 1,828. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, the

Ingdalen Ingdalen is a village in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village lies along the western shore of the Trondheimsfjord about south of the villages of Lensvik and Selbekken. Ingdal Chapel is located in the village. The lake ...

district south of the

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(population: 171) was merged into

Agdenes Municipality Agdenes is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1896 until its dissolution in 2020 when it became part of Orkland Municipality. It was part ...

. The rest of Stadsbygd Municipality, located north of the Trondheimsfjord (population: 1,616), was merged with

(population: 3,264) and the southern part of

Stjørna Municipality Stjørna is a List of municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the land surrounding the Stjørnfjord ...

(population: 1,868) to form a new, larger

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the peninsula on which it is located (). The first element of the name comes from the word which means "place" or "abode". The last element comes from the word which means "settlement" or "farm". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Stadsbygden''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Stadsbygd'', removing the definite form ending ''-en''.

Churches

The

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

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and the

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(

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) in the

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Government

While it existed, Stadsbygd 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 Stadsbygd 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: Johan Henrik Berlin Rüsing * 1842–1845: Otto Schrøder Arentz * 1853–1856: Nathan Steen * 1857–1862: Nils Buan * 1863–1864: Jakob Holtermann * 1865–1868: Johannes Børsting * 1869–1870: Jakob Myhr * 1871–1876: Peder Røberg ( H) * 1877–1889: Nils Nilsen Pukstad ( H) * 1890–1891: Lars Foss ( V) * 1892–1913: Benjamin Olsen Schei ( V) * 1914–1916: Jacob Sann ( V) * 1917–1919: Jon J. Kvidal ( V) * 1920–1925: Jacob Sann ( Bp) * 1926–1928: Johannes Børsting ( V) * 1929–1931: Jacob Sann ( Bp) * 1932–1940: Johannes Børsting ( V) * 1941–1945: Jørgen M. Jacobsen ( NS) * 1945–1945: Johannes Børsting ( V) * 1946–1947: Johan P. Hårsaker ( Bp) * 1948–1955: Arne B. Schei ( KrF) * 1956–1961:

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( KrF) * 1961–1961: Kristoffer Tung ( Sp) * 1962–1963: Arne Holten ( V)

Municipal council

The

of Stadsbygd was made up of 21 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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