Verdal Municipality
Verdal kommune | |
|---|---|
| Værdalen herred (historic name) | |
 | |
 Flag | |
 Trøndelag within Norway | |
 Verdal within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°47′53″N 11°56′57″E / 63.79806°N 11.94917°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Innherad |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Verdalsøra |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Knut Snorre Sandnes (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,547.82 km2 (597.62 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,474.91 km2 (569.47 sq mi) |
| • Water | 72.90 km2 (28.15 sq mi) 4.7% |
| • Rank | #53 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 15,002 |
| • Rank | #81 in Norway |
| • Density | 10.2/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +3.2% |
| Demonym | Verdaling[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5038[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Verdal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra. Some villages in the municipality include Forbregd/Lein, Lysthaugen, Stiklestad, Trones, Vera, Vinne, and Vuku.
The 1,548-square-kilometre (598 sq mi) municipality is the 53rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Verdal is the 81st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 15,002. The municipality's population density is 10.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (26/sq mi) and its population has increased by 3.2% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).