Lierne

Lierne Municipality
Lierne kommune
Winter in Lierne
Winter in Lierne
Trøndelag within Norway
Trøndelag within Norway
Lierne within Trøndelag
Lierne within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°22′34″N 13°36′35″E / 64.37611°N 13.60972°E / 64.37611; 13.60972
CountryNorway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictNamdalen
Established1 Jan 1874
 • Preceded bySnaasen Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1915
 • Succeeded byNordli and Sørli
Re-established1 Jan 1964
 • Preceded byNordli and Sørli
Administrative centreSandvika
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Tor Erling Inderdal (Sp)
Area
 • Total2,961.71 km2 (1,143.52 sq mi)
 • Land2,630.45 km2 (1,015.62 sq mi)
 • Water331.25 km2 (127.90 sq mi)  11.2%
 • Rank#16 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,295
 • Rank#311 in Norway
 • Density0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −7.6%
DemonymLibygg[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5042[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Lierne is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region, and it is the largest municipality by area in Trøndelag. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sandvika. Other villages include Inderdal, Mebygda, and Tunnsjø senter. The municipality borders Sweden to the south and east. Most of Lierne lies on the Swedish side of the drainage divide between Norway and Sweden.[4]

The 2,962-square-kilometre (1,144 sq mi) municipality is the 16th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lierne is the 311th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,295. The municipality's population density is 0.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.3/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 7.6% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Lierne" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).