- Hølonda
Hølonda is a former municipality in
Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway.Hølonda was separated from
Melhus in 1865. The new municipality had a population of 1,818.On
1 January 1964 Hølonda was reincorporated into Melhus. Prior to the merger Hølonda had a population of 1,428.The name
The
Old Norse form of the name was "Høylönd". The first element is "høy" n 'hay ', the last element is the plural form of "land" n 'land, district'.Until 1889 the name was written "Høilandet", in the period 1889-1931 "Hølandet", from 1932 on "Hølonda". (See also the names of
Høland andHøylandet .)References
*cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl
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