Horg Municipality
Horg herred | |
|---|---|
 Lundemo farm in Horg (c. 1925) | |
 Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
 Horg within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°08′19″N 10°15′14″E / 63.13861°N 10.25389°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Gauldalen |
| Established | 1841 |
| • Preceded by | Støren Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Melhus Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Lundamo |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 291 km2 (112 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
| • Total | 2,560 |
| • Density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Horgbygg[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1650[2] |
Horg is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 291-square-kilometre (112 sq mi) municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality of Horg encompassed the southern part of what is now the municipality of Melhus in Trøndelag county. The municipality included areas on both sides of the river Gaula. The administrative centre was the village of Lundamo. The main church for the municipality was Horg Church.[3]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (12 September 2017). "Horg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 January 2018.