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Kvam, Nord-Trøndelag

Coordinates: 64°08′24″N 11°44′22″E / 64.1401°N 11.7394°E / 64.1401; 11.7394
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For other uses, see Kvam (disambiguation).
Kvam Municipality
Kvam herad
Former municipality
View of the municipal church
View of the municipal church
Flag of Kvam Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Kvam Municipality
Coat of arms
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Kvam within Nord-Trøndelag
Kvam within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°08′24″N 11°44′22″E / 64.1401°N 11.7394°E / 64.1401; 11.7394
CountryNorway
CountyNord-Trøndelag
DistrictInnherred
Established1909
 • Preceded byStod in 1909
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded bySteinkjer in 1964
Administrative centreKvam
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total377 km2 (146 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,245
 • Density3.3/km2 (8.6/sq mi)
DemonymKvamssokning[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1735[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Kvam is a former municipality in what was Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 377-square-kilometre (146 sq mi) municipality existed from 1909 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the areas north and west of the lake Snåsavatnet in what is now the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Kvam on the shore of the lake. Most of the population of Kvam municipality lived along the lake shore. Farther north from the lake includes a wilderness area including the large lakes Gilten and Bangsjøene. The main church for the municipality was Kvam Church, located in the village of Kvam.[3][4]

History

The municipality of Kvam was established on 1 January 1909 when the large municipality of Stod was split into two: Kvam (population: 934) in the north and Stod (population: 1,169) in the south. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, a large merger took place: the neighboring municipalities of Beitstad (population: 2,563), Egge (population: 3,476), Kvam (population: 1,245), Ogndal (population: 2,678), Sparbu (population: 4,027), and Stod (population: 1,268) were all merged with the town of Steinkjer (population: 4,325) to form the new municipality of Steinkjer.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Steinkjerleksikonet. "Kvam kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-07-16.
  4. ^ Rosvold, Knut A., ed. (2018-02-05). "Kvam – Nord-Trøndelag". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  5. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
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