Agdenes

Agdenes Municipality
Agdenes kommune
Trøndelag within Norway
Trøndelag within Norway
Agdenes within Trøndelag
Agdenes within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°32′05″N 09°42′04″E / 63.53472°N 9.70111°E / 63.53472; 9.70111
CountryNorway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictOrkdalen
Established1 Jan 1896
 • Preceded byØrland Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byOrkland Municipality
Administrative centreSelbekken
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total317.29 km2 (122.51 sq mi)
 • Land296.52 km2 (114.49 sq mi)
 • Water20.77 km2 (8.02 sq mi)  6.5%
 • Rank#270 in Norway
Population
 (2018)
 • Total1,684
 • Rank#344 in Norway
 • Density5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −4.2%
DemonymsAgdenesing
Lensvikbygg[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5016[3]

Agdenes is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 317-square-kilometre (122 sq mi) municipality existed from 1896 until its dissolution in 2020 when it became part of Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre was the village of Selbekken. Other villages in the municipality included Ingdalen, Lensvik, Vassbygda, Vernes, and Leksa.[4] The Brekstad–Valset Ferry connected Agdenes to the town of Brekstad in Ørland municipality on the other side of the Trondheimsfjorden.

At the time of its dissolution, the 317-square-kilometre (122 sq mi) municipality was the 270th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Agdenes is the 344th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,684. The municipality's population density is 5.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.2% over the last decade.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Haugen, Morten, ed. (2017-10-19). "Agdenes". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2018). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-03-18.