Byneset

Byneset Municipality
Byneset herred
View of southern Byneset, looking south
View of southern Byneset, looking south
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Byneset within Sør-Trøndelag
Byneset within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°22′34″N 10°08′10″E / 63.37611°N 10.13611°E / 63.37611; 10.13611
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictTrondheim Region
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byTrondheim Municipality
Administrative centreSpongdal
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total78.5 km2 (30.3 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total2,049
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
DemonymBynesing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1655[2]

Byneset is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 78.5-square-kilometre (30.3 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality of Byneset encompassed the western part of what is now Trondheim municipality in Trøndelag county. Byneset was located along an arm of the Trondheimsfjord and it was separated from the city of Trondheim by the Bymarka recreation area. The local Byneset Church is one of the oldest stone churches in Norway. The largest village in Byneset was Spongdal which was the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages included Byneset and Langørjan.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Rosvold, Knut A., ed. (16 November 2017). "Byneset". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 March 2018.