Sandstad Municipality
Sandstad herred | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Norway_Counties_S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag_Position.svg) Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:NO_1615_Sandstad.svg) Sandstad within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°31′21″N 9°05′43″E / 63.5224°N 09.0954°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Fosen |
| Established | 1 July 1914 |
| • Preceded by | Fillan Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Hitra Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Sandstad |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 160 km2 (60 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,028 |
| • Density | 6.4/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Sandstadværing[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1615[2] |
Sandstad is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 160-square-kilometre (62 sq mi) municipality existed from 1914 until its dissolution in 1964 when it was merged into what is now Hitra municipality in Trøndelag county. The former municipality of Sandstad included all of the southern and southeastern parts of the island of Hitra, plus the several islands in the Trondheimsleia off the shores of Hitra. The municipality had one church, Sandstad church, located in the village of Sandstad.[3]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Haugen, Morten, ed. (28 November 2014). "Sandstad – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 February 2018.