Namdalseid Municipality
Namdalseid kommune | |
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Namdalseidet herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 64°17′21″N 11°10′35″E / 64.28917°N 11.17639°E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Trøndelag |
District | Namdalen |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1846 |
• Succeeded by | Beitstaden Municipality |
Re-established | 1 Jan 1904 |
• Preceded by | Beitstaden Municipality |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
• Succeeded by | Namsos Municipality |
Administrative centre | Namdalseid |
Government | |
• Mayor (2003-2019) | Steinar Lyngstad (Sp) |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 769.63 km2 (297.16 sq mi) |
• Land | 734.68 km2 (283.66 sq mi) |
• Water | 34.95 km2 (13.49 sq mi) 4.5% |
• Rank | #144 in Norway |
Highest elevation | 686 m (2,251 ft) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 1,576 |
• Rank | #348 in Norway |
• Density | 2/km2 (5/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −8.4% |
Demonym | Eibygg[2] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-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]