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 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Fosen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1906 |
| • Preceded by | Frøien Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Frøya Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Svellingen |
| 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 |
| • Density | 31.5/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −1.7% |
| Demonym | Nord-Frøyværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-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.