Namdalseid Municipality

Namdalseid Municipality
Namdalseid kommune
Namdalseidet herred  (historic name)
View of the Namdalseid area
View of the Namdalseid area
Flag of Namdalseid Municipality
Coat of arms of Namdalseid Municipality
Trøndelag within Norway
Trøndelag within Norway
Namdalseid within Trøndelag
Namdalseid within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°17′21″N 11°10′35″E / 64.28917°N 11.17639°E / 64.28917; 11.17639
CountryNorway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictNamdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1846
 • Succeeded byBeitstaden Municipality
Re-established1 Jan 1904
 • Preceded byBeitstaden Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byNamsos Municipality
Administrative centreNamdalseid
Government
 • Mayor (2003-2019)Steinar Lyngstad (Sp)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total769.63 km2 (297.16 sq mi)
 • Land734.68 km2 (283.66 sq mi)
 • Water34.95 km2 (13.49 sq mi)  4.5%
 • Rank#144 in Norway
Highest elevation686 m (2,251 ft)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total1,576
 • Rank#348 in Norway
 • Density2/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −8.4%
DemonymEibygg[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5040[4]

Namdalseid is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Namsos Municipality. It was part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Namdalseid. Other villages and farm areas in the municipality included Sjøåsen, Statland, Tøttdalen, and Sverkmoen.

At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 770-square-kilometre (300 sq mi) municipality was the 144th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Namdalseid was the 348th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,576. The municipality's population density was 2.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.7/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 8.4% over the previous decade.[5][6]

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  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2018). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-03-04.