Foldereid
Appearance
Foldereid herred | |
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Municipality ID | NO-1743 |
Adm. Center | Foldereid |
Created from | Kolvereid in 1886 |
Merged into | Nærøy and Høylandet in 1964 |
Foldereid | |
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Village | |
Country | Norway |
Region | Trøndelag |
County | Nord-Trøndelag |
District | Namdalen |
Municipality | Nærøy |
Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Post Code | 7985 Foldereid |
Foldereid is a village and a former municipality in the northern part of Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the area surrounding the inner part of the Folda fjord, the Innerfolda. The village of Foldereid is located along the fjord in the present-day municipality of Nærøy, just a short distance from the border with Nordland county.[2]
History
The municipality of Foldereid was established on 1 October 1886 when it was separated from Kolvereid. Initially, the new municipality had 948 residents. On 1 January 1964, the municipality was dissolved. The eastern Kongsmoen area (population: 221) was merged into Høylandet and the remainder of the municipality (population: 817) was merged into Nærøy.[3]
References
- ^ "Foldereid" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Foldereid. – tidl. kommune i Nord-Trøndelag" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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