Stjørdal
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| Stjørdal kommune | |||
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| Coordinates (city): 63°28′30″N 11°10′15″E / 63.475°N 11.17083°ECoordinates: 63°28′30″N 11°10′15″E / 63.475°N 11.17083°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Nord-Trøndelag | ||
| District | Stjørdalen | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1714 | ||
| Administrative centre | Stjørdalshalsen | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2005) | Johan Arnt Elverum (Sp) | ||
| Area (Nr. 117 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 938 km2 (362.2 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 913 km2 (352.5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| - Total | 20,616 | ||
| - Density | 21/km2 (54.4/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 10.7 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 48 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Norwegian demonym | Stjørdaling[1] | ||
| Website | www.stjordal.kommune.no | ||
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Stjørdal (help·info) is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stjørdal.
Stjørdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Stjørdal was divided into Øvre Stjørdal and Nedre Stjørdal on 1 January 1850. Later, Øvre Stjørdal was divided into Hegra and Meråker on 1 January 1874 and Nedre Stjørdal was divided into Lånke, Skatval, and (lesser) Stjørdal on 1 January 1902. All of these municipalities (except for Meråker) were again merged to recreate the old (greater) Stjørdal municipality on 1 January 1962.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Stjórardalr. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Stjór (now Stjørdalselva) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The meaning of the river name is unknown.
The pronunciation of the name Stjørdal in the local dialect is [ʃøɽdaɽːɲ] (
listen).
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times, but is inspired by an old seal for the district from 1344. The arms were granted on 25 November 1983. The arms show a gold dragon that is derived from the old medieval seal which showed Saint Margareth standing on a slain dragon.[2]
[edit] Geography
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | %± |
| 1951 | 5,105 | — |
| 1960 | 6,128 | 20.0% |
| 1970 | 13,545 | 121.0% |
| 1980 | 16,107 | 18.9% |
| 1990 | 17,276 | 7.3% |
| 2000 | 18,238 | 5.6% |
| 2007 | 20,273 | 11.2% |
| 2008 | 20,616 | 1.7% |
| 2009 | 20,960 | 1.7% |
| Source: Statistics Norway. | ||
Stjørdal consists of the old municipalities of Skatval, Hegra, Lånke and Stjørdal. The river of "Stjørdalselven" runs through the valley of Stjørdal, with the peninsula of Skatval on the northern side. The village of Hell is located in Lånke. Hell is especially known for its train station, where you find the old sign saying "Gods expedition" (Norwegian: "Cargo handling").
The village of Stjørdal declared township in 1997. Stjørdal is the fastest growing municipality in Nord-Trøndelag due to its proximity to Trondheim and also to StatoilHydro's presence (it controls a large part of the petroleum activity in the Norwegian Sea from Stjørdal). Trondheim is only about 35 km from Stjørdal either by road or train (Trønderbanen). Stjørdal is in the process of "growing together" with Trondheim, a show of regional urbanization. The distance to Steinkjer is about 85 km, and the towns of Levanger and Verdal is about 40–45 km to the north. All four of these towns are located on the eastern shore of the Trondheimsfjorden.
[edit] Transportation
Stjørdal is a regional transportation centre that is near the regional airport, Trondheim Airport, Værnes, as well as port facilities, European route E6, and the Trondheim - Bodø railway going through the municipality. In addition, there are train and road connections that go east to Sweden .
[edit] Nature
[edit] Birdlife
The Stjørdal area has a rich bird life with well over 260 recorded species and several good birding localities. Though Stjørdal can not boast of a long coastline (It's only 25 km long) some of best birding areas are to be found along Stjørdalfjorden. Halsøen is virtually situated near the centre of Stjørdal, and can be easy viewed from a number of advantage points from route E6 in the east or Langøra in the west. Formed by the old river outlet, this tidal area is well worth checking. Due to the shallow waters and extensive areas of mud at low tide, Halsøen is used both as a wintering area and a migration stopover point by many species.
[edit] References
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- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/s/stjordal.htm. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
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