Snillfjord

Snillfjord Municipality
Snillfjord kommune
Snilfjord herred  (historic name)
Trøndelag within Norway
Trøndelag within Norway
Snillfjord within Trøndelag
Snillfjord within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°25′29″N 09°26′05″E / 63.42472°N 9.43472°E / 63.42472; 9.43472
CountryNorway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictFosen
Established1 July 1924
 • Preceded byHemne Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byHitra, Heim, and Orkland
Administrative centreKrokstadøra
Government
 • Mayor (2015-2019)John Lernes (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total508.12 km2 (196.19 sq mi)
 • Land488.95 km2 (188.78 sq mi)
 • Water19.17 km2 (7.40 sq mi)  3.8%
 • Rank#209 in Norway
Population
 (2018)
 • Total987
 • Rank#394 in Norway
 • Density2.0/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −3.4%
DemonymSnillfjording[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5012[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Snillfjord is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was split between the municipalities of Hitra, Heim, and Orkland. It was part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Krokstadøra. Other villages in Snillfjord included Ytre Snillfjord, Hemnskjela, Selnes and Vutudal.

At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 508-square-kilometre (196 sq mi) municipality was the 209th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Snillfjord was the 394th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 987. The municipality's population density was 2 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.2/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 3.4% over the last decade.[4][5]

  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. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2018). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-03-18.