Stjørna is a
former municipality in the old
Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...
county in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the land surrounding the
Stjørnfjorden in what is now the municipalities of
Ørland
Ørland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern shore of the mouth of Trondheimsfjord where the Stjørnfjorden arm begin ...
and
Indre Fosen
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, H ...
in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...
county. The
administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of Stjørna was the village of
Husbysjøen. The municipality of Stjørna also included the villages of
Høybakken,
Råkvåg, and
Fevåg. The main church for the municipality was
Stjørna Church which is now called
Heggvik Church.
History
The municipality of ''Skjørn'' was established on 1 January 1899 when the old municipality of
Bjugn was split into three separate municipalities:
Bjugn (population: 1,256), Skjørn (population: 2,166), and
Nes (population: 1,285). In 1918, the spelling of the name was changed from ''Skjørn'' to ''Stjørna''.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Schei Committee The Schei Committee ( no, Schei-komitéen) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWI ...
. On 1 January 1964, the northern part of the municipality ''(Nord-Stjørna)'' (population: 676) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of
Bjugn (population: 1,240),
Nes (population: 1,107), and
Jøssund (population: 1,917) to form a new, larger municipality of
Bjugn. The southern part of Stjørna municipality ''(Sør-Stjørna)'' (population: 1,868) was merged with the neighboring municipality of
Rissa (population: 3,264) and most of the municipality of
Stadsbygd
Stadsbygd 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, just east of the village of Askjem, along the north side of the Trondhe ...
(population: 1,616) to form a new, larger municipality of
Rissa.
Government
The
municipal council
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of Stjørna was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The
party
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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
See also
*
List of former municipalities of Norway
This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist.
When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. In 1958 the number had grown to a total of 744 rur ...
References
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Former municipalities of Norway
Ørland
Indre Fosen
1899 establishments in Norway
1964 disestablishments in Norway