Lierne

Lierne Municipality

*Lierne kommune*
Lierne Municipality Lierne kommune
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
	Lierne within Nord-Trøndelag
Country	Norway
County	Nord-Trøndelag
District	Namdalen
Administrative centre	Sandvika
Government
• Mayor (2007)	Alf Robert Arvasli (Ap)
Area
• Total	2,961.71 km2 (1,143.52 sq mi)
• Land	2,631.23 km2 (1,015.92 sq mi)
• Water	330.48 km2 (127.60 sq mi)
• Rank	#14 in Norway
Population (2011)
• Total	1,406
• Rank	#367 in Norway
• Density	0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	−10.1%
Demonym	Libygg
Official language
• Norwegian form	Neutral
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1738
Website	Official website
	Data from Statistics Norway

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Lierne is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region, and it is the largest municipality in Trøndelag. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sandvika. Other villages include Inderdal, Sørli, and Tunnsjø senter. The municipality borders Sweden to the south and east. Most of Lierne lies on the Swedish side of the drainage divide between Norway and Sweden.^[4]

File:Lierne map.jpg

Map of Lierne

The cross-country race Flyktningerennet is held here every year. It is a race that follows a route from Nordli to Gäddede in Strömsund Municipality, Sweden, in remembrance of the people who fled Nazi German-occupied Norway for Sweden during the Second World War.

General information

The municipality of Lierne was established on 1 January 1874 when it was separated from Snåsa. Initially, the population of Lierne was 1,015. On 1 July 1915, it was divided into two municipalities: Nordli (population: 863) and Sørli (population: 739). This division, however, was short-lived. On 1 January 1964 they were merged back together again under the former name Lierne. After the merger, there were 2,045 residents in the new municipality.^[5]

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Finnahlíð, where the first element is the plural genitive case of finnr which means "Sami person" (because the district was mostly populated by Sami people at the time). The later form Lierne is the definite plural form of li (Old Norse hlíð) which means "mountainside".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 3 February 1984. The arms show three white Willow Ptarmigans (Lagopus lagopus) on a blue background. The birds are plentiful in the area and hunting them was of great importance historically for the inhabitants to survive during the winters in the area. The bird was thus chosen as a symbol for the municipality.^[6]

See also: the coats-of-arms of Sirdal and Holtålen

Churches

The Church of Norway has two parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Lierne. It is part of the Namdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.

**Churches in Lierne**
Parish (Sokn)	Church Name	Location of the Church	Year Built
Nordli	Nordli Church	Sandvika	1873
Nordli	Tunnsjø Chapel	Tunnsjø senter	1876
Sørli	Sørli Church	Sørli	1873

Geography

Lierne National Park is located in the municipality, and Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella National Park is partly located in Lierne. Lierne has a significant population of brown bears.

Lierne is also home to many lakes, including Gusvatnet, Havdalsvatnet, Holden, Ingelsvatnet, Kingen, Kvesjøen, Laksjøen, Lenglingen, Limingen, Murusjøen, Rengen, Sandsjøen, Stortissvatnet, Tunnsjøen, and Ulen.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Lierne, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Lierne is made up of 15 representatives that are elected to every four years. Currently, the party breakdown is as follows:^[7]

Lierne kommunestyre 2015–2019
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		15

References

^ "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. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
^ Store norske leksikon. "Lierne" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-09-10.
^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 8 November 2008.
^ "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 2015.

External links

Nord-Trøndelag travel guide from Wikivoyage
Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway

[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.

[2] "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.

[3] Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.

[snl-4] Store norske leksikon. "Lierne" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-09-10.

[5] Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.

[6] Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 8 November 2008.

[7] "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 2015.

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