Øvre Stjørdal

Øvre Stjørdal herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Municipality ID	NO-1711
Created from	Stjørdalen in 1850
Split into	Hegra and Meråker in 1874

Øvre Stjørdal is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It encompassed the present-day municipality of Meråker as well as part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal.

History

The municipality of Øvre Stjørdal was established in 1850 when the municipality of Stjørdalen (see formannskapsdistrikt) was divided into Nedre Stjørdal and Øvre Stjørdal. The initial population of Øvre Stjørdal was 5,100. On 1 January 1874, Øvre Stjørdal ceased to exist when it was split to form two new municipalities: Hegra and Meråker. Prior to the split, the population was 5,270.^[1]

References

1. ^ 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.