Malm

For other uses, see Malm (disambiguation).

Malm herred
—  Former Municipality  —
Municipality ID	NO-1726
Adm. Center	Malm
Area[1]
- Total	261 km2 (100.8 sq mi)
Created from	Beitstad in 1913
Merged into	Verran in 1964

Malm
—  Village  —
View of the village at sunrise
Malm Location in Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°04′19″N 11°13′01″E / 64.07194°N 11.21694°E / 64.07194; 11.21694Coordinates: 64°04′19″N 11°13′01″E / 64.07194°N 11.21694°E / 64.07194; 11.21694
Country	Norway
Region	Trøndelag
County	Nord-Trøndelag
District	Innherred
Municipality	Verran
Area[2]
- Total	1.43 km2 (0.6 sq mi)
Elevation[3]	36 m (118 ft)
Population (2009)[2]
- Total	1,572
- Density	1,099/km2 (2,846.4/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	7790 Malm

 Malm (help·info) is a former municipality, a village, and the administrative centre of the municipality of Verran in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. Malm is located along the Trondheimsfjord, about a 32-kilometre (20 mi) drive west from the town of Steinkjer. The 1.43-square-kilometre (350-acre) village of Malm has a population (2009) of 1,572. The population density of Malm is 1,099 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,850 /sq mi).^[2] The Malm area was also a separate municipality for about 50 years. Malm Church is located in this village and serves as the main church for the parish.

Economy

Long traditions with mining of iron and sulphur made Malm an industrial centre of the county. The mining company Fosdalen Bergverk was owned by the state of Norway and some of the profit was spent to build a top modern primary school. The school of Malm was one of three pioneer schools in Norway, which started a 3-year long middle school (junior high school, grades 7-9) in the 1950s. New small industry has been established since the end of the mining period, where steel constructions for offshore vessels and bridges are made.^[4]

History

The municipality of Malm was established on 1 July 1913 when it was separated from the municipality of Beitstad to form a municipality of its own. The initial population of Malm was 993 people. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Malm was merged together with the neighboring municipality of Verran. Prior to the merger, Malm had 2,975 residents.^[5][1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Store norske leksikon. "Malm. – kommune" (in Norwegian). http://snl.no/Malm./kommune. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2009). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality.". http://www.ssb.no/beftett_en/tab-2009-06-16-01-en.html. 
3. ^ "Malm" (in Norwegian). yr.no. http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nord-Tr%C3%B8ndelag/Verran/Malm/. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
4. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Malm. – tettsted" (in Norwegian). http://snl.no/Malm./tettsted. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
5. ^ 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.