Beitstad Municipality

Beitstad Municipality
Beitstad kommune
Beitstaden herred  (historic name)
Bedstaden herred  (historic name)
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Beitstad within Nord-Trøndelag
Beitstad within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°05′07″N 11°21′41″E / 64.08528°N 11.36139°E / 64.08528; 11.36139
CountryNorway
CountyNord-Trøndelag
DistrictInnherred
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded bySteinkjer Municipality
Administrative centreBeitstad
Government
 • Mayor (1959–1963)Knut Aas (Sp)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total200.5 km2 (77.4 sq mi)
 • Rank#370 in Norway
Highest elevation530 m (1,740 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total2,601
 • Rank#353 in Norway
 • Density13/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −1.7%
DemonymBeitstøing[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1727[5]

Beitstad (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈbæ̂ɪtstɑ]) is a former municipality in what was Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 201-square-kilometre (78 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Steinkjer Municipality in Trøndelag county. Beitstad was originally quite large, but by 1964, it included the areas east of the Beitstadsundet and Hjellbotn bay and north of the inner-most parts of the Trondheimsfjorden. The administrative centre was the village of Beitstad where Beitstad Church is located.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 201-square-kilometre (78 sq mi) municipality was the 370th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Beitstad Municipality was the 353rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,601. The municipality's population density was 13 inhabitants per square kilometre (34/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 1.7% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

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  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  4. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  6. ^ Rosvold, Knut A., ed. (4 February 2018). "Beitstad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.