Agdenes Municipality
Agdenes Municipality
Agdenes kommune | |
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Trøndelag within Norway | |
Agdenes within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°32′05″N 09°42′04″E / 63.53472°N 9.70111°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Orkdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1896 |
| • Preceded by | Ørland Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Orkland Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Selbekken |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1995–2019) | Oddvar Indergård (H) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 317.29 km2 (122.51 sq mi) |
| • Land | 296.52 km2 (114.49 sq mi) |
| • Water | 20.77 km2 (8.02 sq mi) 6.5% |
| • Rank | #270 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 656.2 m (2,152.9 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 1,693 |
| • Rank | #343 in Norway |
| • Density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −2.2% |
| Demonyms | Agdenesing Lensvikbygg |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5016 |
Agdenes is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 317-square-kilometre (122 sq mi) municipality existed from 1896 until its dissolution in 2020 when it became part of Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre was the village of Selbekken. Other villages in the municipality included Ingdalen, Lensvik, Vassbygda, Vernes, and Leksa. The Brekstad–Valset Ferry connected Agdenes to the town of Brekstad in Ørland Municipality on the other side of the Trondheimsfjorden.
At the time of its dissolution, the 317-square-kilometre (122 sq mi) municipality was the 270th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Agdenes Municipality is the 343rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,693. The municipality's population density is 5.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.2% over the previous 10-year period.