Stoksund 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,

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. The municipality existed from 1892 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was located in what is now

Åfjord Municipality Åfjord is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes. Other villages in the municipality include Revsnes, Roan, Bessaker, Harsvika, and ...

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county. The municipality included the islands of

Stokkøya Stokkøya is an island in the municipality of Åfjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the Stoksund area of Åfjord. The largest village on the island is Harsvika. The tall mountain Kamman is the highest point on the ...

and

Linesøya Linesøya is an island in the municipality of Åfjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. It lies about off the coast of the mainland of Åfjord, and southwest of the island of Stokkøya. The island also lies about north of the smaller island of L ...

plus many surrounding islets, and the surrounding area of the mainland. The

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was the village of Revsnes, where the

Stoksund Church Stoksund Church ( no, Stoksund kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åfjord municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Revsnes in the Stoksund area of Åfjord. The church is located right at the sou ...

is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 493rd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Stoksund Municipality was the 530th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,537. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 1.7% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The municipality of Stoksund was established on 1 June 1892 when the old Bjørnør Municipality was divided into three parts: Stoksund Municipality (population: 1,122) in the south, Osen Municipality (population: 1,575) in the north, and Roan Municipality (population: 2,069) in the centre. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, Stoksund Municipality (population: 1,515) was merged into the neighboring

(population: 2,643) to its south.

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the Stoksund strait which runs between the island of

and the mainland. The first element of the name comes from the

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word which means "log" or "stick". The last element is which means " strait" or " channel". The municipal name was spelled ''Stoksund'', with one "k", but today the name of the area is often spelled as "Stokksund". Currently, the official name of the area according to the

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uses ''Stokksund'', with the letter "k" used two times. There is no official documentation that exists that shows an official change in the spelling of "Stoksund" to or from "Stokksund".

Churches

The

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

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and the

Fosen prosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros which covers all of Trøndelag county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery in the diocese. Administrati ...

(

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) in the

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Geography

The coastal municipality was located on the

Fosen Fosen is a traditional district in Trøndelag, consisting of the municipalities Osen, Roan Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra and Frøya. The district is dominated by forested valleys, lakes, coastal cliffs but also shallow ...

peninsula along the shore of the

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. It was bordered by Roan Municipality to the northeast and by

to the east and south. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Lavassfjellet.

Government

While it existed, Stoksund Municipality was responsible for primary education (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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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 Stoksund was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: * 1892–1898: Karolius Sørdal * 1899–1907: Jonas C. Refsnes ( V) * 1908–1910: Eilert Andersen Herfjord * 1911–1913: Jonas C. Refsnes ( V) * 1914–1916: Eilert Andersen Herfjord * 1917–1919: Kristian Lian ( H) * 1920–1925: Samson Harbak * 1926–1928: Kristian Sørgjerd ( V) * 1929–1931: Kristian Lian ( H) * 1932–1941: Holger Stjern ( Bp) * 1941–1942: Ola Kobberød ( NS) * 1942–1945: Martin Eilertsen Herfjord ( NS) * 1945–1955: Holger Stjern ( Bp) * 1956–1960: Magne Sydskjør ( H) * 1960–1963: Konrad Solberg ( Ap)

Municipal council

The

of Stoksund was made up of 17 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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