Nord-Frøya Municipality

Nord-Frøya Municipality
Nord-Frøya herred
Nordfrøya herred  (historic name)
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Nord-Frøya within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°47′44″N 08°48′28″E / 63.79556°N 8.80778°E / 63.79556; 8.80778
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictFosen
Established1 Jan 1906
  Preceded byFrøien Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
  Succeeded byFrøya Municipality
Administrative centreSvellingen
Government
  Mayor (1960–1963)Oskar Steinvik (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
  Total
138.6 km2 (53.5 sq mi)
  Rank#450 in Norway
Highest elevation
75 m (246 ft)
Population
 (1963)
  Total
4,362
  Rank#202 in Norway
  Density31.5/km2 (82/sq mi)
  Change (10 years)
 −1.7%
DemonymNord-Frøyværing
Official language
  Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1620

Nord-Frøya is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 139-square-kilometre (54 sq mi) municipality existed from 1906 until its dissolution in 1964. Nord-Frøya Municipality included the northern part of the island of Frøya and all of the small islands to the north and northeast such as Sula, Mausund, Froan, and Halten in what is now Frøya Municipality in Trøndelag county. The main church for the municipality was Nord-Frøya Church (now called Sletta Church) which is located at Svellingen (the administrative centre of the municipality) on the northern coast of the island.

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 138.6-square-kilometre (53.5 sq mi) municipality was the 450th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Nord-Frøya Municipality was the 202nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 4,362. The municipality's population density was 31.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (82/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 1.7% over the previous 10-year period.