Leinstrand

Leinstrand Municipality
Leinstrand herred
Leinstranden herred  (historic name)
View of Heimdal in 1952
View of Heimdal in 1952
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Leinstrand within Sør-Trøndelag
Leinstrand within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°19′12″N 10°17′52″E / 63.32000°N 10.29778°E / 63.32000; 10.29778
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictTrondheim Region
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byTrondheim Municipality
Administrative centreHeimdal
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total46 km2 (18 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total4,193
 • Density91/km2 (240/sq mi)
DemonymLeinstranding[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1654[2]

Leinstrand is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 46-square-kilometre (18 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality of Leinstrand encompassed the south-central part of what is now the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was located in the village of Heimdal, just west of the border with Tiller municipality. The local Leinstrand Church was built in 1673.[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. ^ Stokkan, John, ed. (22 December 2015). "Leinstrand". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 March 2018.