Lensvik Municipality
Lensvik herred | |
|---|---|
| Lensviken herred (historic name) | |
 View of the local church | |
 Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
 Lensvik within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°30′47″N 9°48′31″E / 63.5130°N 09.8087°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Fosen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1905 |
| • Preceded by | Rissa Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Agdenes Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Lensvik |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 168 km2 (65 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
| • Total | 1,136 |
| • Density | 6.8/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Lensvikbygg[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1623[2] |
Lensvik is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 168-square-kilometre (65 sq mi) municipality existed from 1905 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was located along the western shore of the Trondheimsfjorden and it encompassed the central part of what is now Orkland municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Lensvik where the Lensvik Church is located.[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.
- ^ Haugen, Morten, ed. (14 February 2009). "Lensvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 February 2018.