- Mosvik
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Mosvik kommune — Municipality — 
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Nord-Trøndelag within
NorwayMosvik within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°48′58″N 11°0′18″E / 63.81611°N 11.005°ECoordinates: 63°48′58″N 11°0′18″E / 63.81611°N 11.005°E Country Norway County Nord-Trøndelag District Innherred Administrative centre Mosvik Government – Mayor (2003) Carl Ivar von Køppen (Sp) Area – Total 219.37 km2 (84.7 sq mi) – Land 205.57 km2 (79.4 sq mi) – Water 13.80 km2 (5.3 sq mi) Area rank 320 in Norway Population (2011) – Total 811 – Rank 414 in Norway – Density 3.9/km2 (10.1/sq mi) – Change (10 years) -12.9 % Demonym Mosbygg[1] Time zone CET (UTC+1) – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) ISO 3166 code NO-1723 Official language form Bokmål Website mosvik.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway Mosvik is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mosvik. Other villages in the municipality include Trongsundet, Framverran, Venneshamn, and Kjerringvika.
Mosvik features two of Norway's 12 tallest structures: the Skavlen transmitter television and radio transmitter at 165 metres (541 ft) and the Skarnsund Bridge at 152 metres (499 ft).
Until 1991, the connection to Innherred was only available by a car ferry, at first via Ytterøya to Levanger, but later directly to Inderøy on the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry route. In 1991, the Skarnsund Bridge on Norwegian County Road 755 was completed, eliminating the need for a ferry.
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General information
Mosvik was established as a municipality on 1 January 1901 when the old municipality of Mosvik og Verran was divided into Mosvik and Verran. Initially, Mosvik had a population of 959. On 1 January 1968, the Framverran area on the south side of the Verrasundet (population: 395) was transferred from Verran to Mosvik.[2]
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Masarvík. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Mǫs (now Mossa) and the last element (Old Norse: Vík) is identical with the word vik which means "inlet" or "cove". The name has historically been spelled Mosviken.[3]
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 13 July 1984. The arms show the letter M, the initial of the municipality. At the same time, the two green triangles symbolize the many forests in the municipality.[4]
Churches
The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Mosvik. It is part of the Nord-Innherad deanery and the Diocese of Nidaros.
Churches in Mosvik Parish
(Sokn)Church Name Location
of the ChurchYear Built Mosvik Mosvik Church Mosvik 1884 Vestvik Church Framverran 1905 Government
Municipal election 2003 Party Percent Votes Seats in council Members of the
executive board% ± total ± total ± Labour 30.8 -3.7 144 -21 4 -3 2 Christian Democrat 9.6 -4.8 45 -24 1 -1 Centre 33.3 -0.2 156 -4 5 -2 1 Socialist Left 10.5 10.5 49 49 1 1 Liberal 6.8 -0.3 32 -2 1 0 1 Common list Conservative and Independent list 9.0 -1.5 42 -8 1 -1 1 Turnover/Total 70.1% 468 13 5 Mayor: Carl Ivar von Køppen (Sp) Deputy mayor: Trine Berg Fines (H) Comments: Source: Statistics Norway Geography
The municipality lies south of the Skarnsund strait with the main Trondheimsfjord to the east and the Verrasundet branch off the Trondheimsfjord to the west. The municipality of Leksvik lies to the south. The lake Meltingvatnet lies along the Leksvik border.
Notable residents
- Petter Northug, cross country skier
- Martin Kvennavika, fictional sea captain of Munchhausen-alike adventures
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1903) (in Norwegian) (dokpro.uio.no). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 162. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=244248&avid=54244.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/m/mosvik.htm. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
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