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This article is about a municipality of Norway. For other uses, see Lierne (disambiguation).
Lierne kommune — Municipality — 
Coat of arms
Nord-Trøndelag within
NorwayLierne within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°22′34″N 13°36′35″E / 64.37611°N 13.60972°ECoordinates: 64°22′34″N 13°36′35″E / 64.37611°N 13.60972°E Country Norway County Nord-Trøndelag District Namdalen Administrative centre Sandvika Government – Mayor (2007) Alf Robert Arvasli (Ap) Area – Total 2,961.71 km2 (1,143.5 sq mi) – Land 2,631.23 km2 (1,015.9 sq mi) – Water 330.48 km2 (127.6 sq mi) Area rank 14 in Norway Population (2011) – Total 1,406 – Rank 367 in Norway – Density 0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi) – Change (10 years) -10.1 % Demonym Libygg[1] Time zone CET (UTC+1) – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) ISO 3166 code NO-1738 Official language form Neutral Website lierne.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway Lierne is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region, and it is the largest municipality in Trøndelag. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sandvika. Other villages include Inderdal, Sørli, and Tunnsjø senter. The municipality borders Sweden to the south and east.[2]
Map of Lierne
The cross-country race Flyktningerennet is held here every year. It is a race that follows a route from Nordli to Gäddede in Strömsund Municipality, Sweden, in remembrance of the people who fled Nazi German-occupied Norway for Sweden during the Second World War.
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General information
The municipality of Lierne was established on 1 January 1874 when it was separated from Snåsa. Initially, the population of Lierne was 1,015. On 1 July 1915, it was divided into two municipalities: Nordli (population: 863) and Sørli (population: 739). This division, however, was short-lived. On 1 January 1964 they were merged back together again under the former name Lierne. After the merger, there were 2,045 residents in the new municipality.[3]
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Finnahlíð, where the first element is the plural genitive case of finnr which means "Sami person" (because the district was mostly populated by Sami people at the time). The later form Lierne is the definite plural form of li (Old Norse hlíð) which means "mountainside".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 3 February 1984. The arms show three white Willow Ptarmigans (Lagopus lagopus) on a blue background. The birds are plentiful in the area and hunting them was of great importance historically for the inhabitants to survive during the winters in the area. The bird was thus chosen as a symbol for the municipality.[4]
Churches
The Church of Norway has two parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Lierne. It is part of the Namdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.
Churches in Lierne Parish
(Sokn)Church Name Location
of the ChurchYear Built Nordli Nordli Church Sandvika 1873 Tunnsjø Chapel Tunnsjø senter 1876 Sørli Sørli Church Sørli 1873 Geography
Lierne National Park is located in the municipality, and Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella National Park is partly located in Lierne. Lierne has a significant population of brown bears.
Lierne is also home to many lakes, including Gusvatnet, Havdalsvatnet, Holden, Ingelsvatnet, Kingen, Kvesjøen, Laksjøen, Lenglingen, Limingen, Murusjøen, Rengen, Sandsjøen, Stortissvatnet, Tunnsjøen, and Ulen.
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Lierne" (in Norwegian). http://snl.no/Lierne. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/l/lierne.htm. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
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