Geitastrand

Geitastrand Municipality
Geitastrand herred
Gjeitastrand herred  (historic name)
Gjeitastranden herred  (historic name)
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Geitastrand within Sør-Trøndelag
Geitastrand within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°21′54″N 09°55′31″E / 63.36500°N 9.92528°E / 63.36500; 9.92528
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictOrkdalen
Established1 Jan 1905
 • Preceded byBørsa Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1963
 • Succeeded byOrkdal Municipality
Administrative centreGeitastrand
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total119 km2 (46 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total559
 • Density4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
DemonymGeitastranding[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1659[2]

Geitastrand is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 119-square-kilometre (46 sq mi) municipality[3] existed from 1905 until 1963 in what is now part of the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county. It encompassed the coastal area along the Trondheimsfjord between the town of Orkanger in the south to the Ingdalen valley in the north. The district was thinly populated, and has no significant urban areas. The administrative centre of the municipality was at Geitastrand village where the Geitastrand Church is located. The Byneset area of the city of Trondheim is located across the fjord to the east from Geitastrand.[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. ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Geitastrand" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 January 2011.