Stoksund Municipality
Stoksund Municipality
Stoksund herred | |
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| Stokksund herred (historic name) | |
View of Harsvika in Stoksund | |
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Stoksund within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 64°02′14″N 10°02′49″E / 64.03722°N 10.04694°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Fosen |
| Established | 1 June 1892 |
| • Preceded by | Bjørnør Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Åfjord Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Revsnes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1960–1963) | Konrad Solberg (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 114.2 km2 (44.1 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #493 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 407 m (1,335 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,537 |
| • Rank | #530 in Norway |
| • Density | 13.5/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −1.7% |
| Demonym | Stokksunding |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1631 |
Stoksund is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1892 until its dissolution in 1964. The 114-square-kilometre (44 sq mi) municipality was located in what is now Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county. The municipality included the islands of Stokkøya and Linesøya plus many surrounding islets, and the surrounding area of the mainland. The administrative centre was the village of Revsnes, where the Stoksund Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 114-square-kilometre (44 sq mi) municipality was the 493rd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Stoksund Municipality was the 530th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,537. The municipality's population density was 13.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (35/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 1.7% over the previous 10-year period.