Horg

Horg Municipality
Horg herred
Lundemo farm in Horg (c. 1925)
Lundemo farm in Horg (c. 1925)
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Horg within Sør-Trøndelag
Horg within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°08′19″N 10°15′14″E / 63.13861°N 10.25389°E / 63.13861; 10.25389
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictGauldalen
Established1841
 • Preceded byStøren Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byMelhus Municipality
Administrative centreLundamo
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total291 km2 (112 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total2,560
 • Density8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
DemonymHorgbygg[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1650[2]

Horg is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 291-square-kilometre (112 sq mi) municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality of Horg encompassed the southern part of what is now the municipality of Melhus in Trøndelag county. The municipality included areas on both sides of the river Gaula. The administrative centre was the village of Lundamo. The main church for the municipality was Horg Church.[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. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (12 September 2017). "Horg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 January 2018.