Nes, Sør-Trøndelag

For other uses, see Nes.

Nes herad
—  Former Municipality  —
Municipality ID	NO-1627
Adm. Center	Nes
Area[1]
– Total	60 km2 (23.2 sq mi)
Created from	Bjugn in 1899
Merged into	Bjugn in 1964

Nes
—  Village  —
Nes Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°46′17″N 09°35′08″E / 63.77139°N 9.58556°E / 63.77139; 9.58556Coordinates: 63°46′17″N 09°35′08″E / 63.77139°N 9.58556°E / 63.77139; 9.58556
Country	Norway
Region	Trøndelag
County	Sør-Trøndelag
District	Fosen
Municipality	Bjugn
Elevation[2]	14 m (46 ft)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	7165 Oksvoll

Nes is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is also a village in the present-day municipality of Bjugn. Nes is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of the Tarva islands and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Botngård. The village of Nes is home to the Nes church.^[1]

History

The municipality of Nes was established on 1 January 1899 when the old municipality of Bjugn was split into three: Bjugn, Skjørn, and Nes. Initially, Nes had a population of 1,258. On 1 January 1964, Nes was merged back into Bjugn. Prior to the merger, Nes had a population of 1,107.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Store norske leksikon. "Nes – Sør-Trøndelag" (in Norwegian). http://www.snl.no/Nes/S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag. Retrieved 2011-01-09. 
2. ^ "Nes" (in Norwegian). yr.no. http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag/Bjugn/Nes/. Retrieved 2011-01-05. 
3. ^ 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.