Nes, Fosen

Nes Municipality
Nes herred
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Nes within Sør-Trøndelag
Nes within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°46′17″N 09°35′08″E / 63.77139°N 9.58556°E / 63.77139; 9.58556
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictFosen
Established1 Jan 1899
 • Preceded byBjugn Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byBjugn Municipality
Administrative centreNes
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total60 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,107
 • Density18/km2 (48/sq mi)
DemonymsNessar
Nesser[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1628[2]

Nes is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. The 60-square-kilometre (23 sq mi) municipality encompassed the coastal land north of the Bjugnfjorden as well as the Tarva islands in what is now the municipality of Ørland in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre of Nes was the village of Nes where the Nes Church is located.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Haugen, Morten, ed. (2009-02-14). "Nes – Sør-Trøndelag". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-02-28.