Stjørdalen Municipality

Stjørdalen Municipality
Stjørdalen herred
View of the Stjørdalen valley
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Stjørdalen within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°27′25″N 11°00′28″E / 63.4570°N 11.0078°E / 63.4570; 11.0078
CountryNorway
CountyNord-Trøndelag
DistrictStjørdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
  Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1850
  Succeeded byØvre Stjørdalen Municipality and Nedre Stjørdalen Municipality
Administrative centreVærnes
Government
  Mayor (1846–1849)Sivert Andreas Fergstad
Area
 (upon dissolution)
  Total
2,253 km2 (870 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,441.36 m (4,728.87 ft)
Population
 (1850)
  Total
11,643
  Density5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
DemonymStjørdaling
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1714

Stjørdalen is a former municipality in the old Nordre Trondhjem county in Norway. The 2,253-square-kilometre (870 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1850. The municipality covered the whole Stjørdalen valley in what is now Stjørdal Municipality and Meråker Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was located at Værnes where Værnes Church is located.