Stoksund

Stoksund Municipality
Stoksund herred
Stokksund herred  (historic name)
View of Harsvika in Stoksund
View of Harsvika in Stoksund
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Stoksund within Sør-Trøndelag
Stoksund within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°02′14″N 10°02′49″E / 64.03722°N 10.04694°E / 64.03722; 10.04694
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictFosen
Established1 June 1892
 • Preceded byBjørnør Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byÅfjord Municipality
Administrative centreRevsnes
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total114 km2 (44 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,515
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
DemonymStokksunding[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1631[2]

Stoksund is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1892 until its dissolution in 1964. The 114-square-kilometre (44 sq mi) municipality was located in what is now the northwestern part of the municipality of Åfjord in Trøndelag county. The municipality included the island of Stokkøya and the surrounding islets, plus the surrounding area of the mainland. The administrative centre was the village of Revsnes, where the Stoksund Church is located.[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. ^ Haugen, Morten, ed. (1 January 2012). "Stoksund – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 March 2018.