Vemundvik Municipality

Vemundvik Municipality
Vemundvik herred
Namsos herred  (historic name)
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Vemundvik within Nord-Trøndelag
Vemundvik within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°31′03″N 11°32′31″E / 64.51750°N 11.54194°E / 64.51750; 11.54194
CountryNorway
CountyNord-Trøndelag
DistrictNamdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byNamsos Municipality
Administrative centreVemundvik (1838-1941)
Town of Namsos (1941-1964)
Government
 • Mayor (1951–1963)Peder Myrvold (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
238.9 km2 (92.2 sq mi)
 • Rank#337 in Norway
Highest elevation648 m (2,126 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total
1,943
 • Rank#445 in Norway
 • Density8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +10.1%
DemonymVemundvik-folk[2]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1745[5]

Vemundvik is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 247-square-kilometre (95 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964 (although it was originally much larger in 1838). By 1964, the municipality roughly corresponded to the mainland areas north of the river Namsen in what is now Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county. From 1838 until about 1942, the administrative centre was the village of Vemundvik where Vemundvik Church is located. After 1941, the municipal offices and administration was headquartered in the town of Namsos (which was technically not part of the municipality).[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 239-square-kilometre (92 sq mi) municipality was the 337th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Vemundvik Municipality was the 445th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,943. The municipality's population density was 8.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (21/sq mi) and its population had increased by 10.1% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

  1. ^ Helland, Amund (1898). "Vemundvik herred". XVII. Nordre Trondhjems Amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 227. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  4. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  6. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (14 November 2017). "Vemundvik – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.