Øvre Stjørdalen Municipality
Øvre Stjørdalen Municipality
Øvre Stjørdalen herad | |
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View of the Stjørdalen valley | |
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Øvre Stjørdalen within Nord-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°27′56″N 11°29′44″E / 63.4656°N 11.4955°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nord-Trøndelag |
| District | Stjørdalen |
| Established | 1850 |
| • Preceded by | Stjørdalen Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1874 |
| • Succeeded by | Hegra Municipality and Meråker Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Hegra |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1869–1873) | Halvor Johnsen Øverkil |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 1,913 km2 (739 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,441.36 m (4,728.87 ft) |
| Population (1874) | |
• Total | 1,861 |
| • Density | 0.97/km2 (2.5/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Stjørdaling |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1711 |
Øvre Stjørdalen is a former municipality in the old Nordre Trondhjem county in Norway. The 1,913-square-kilometre (739 sq mi) municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 1874. The municipality encompassed the upper part of the Stjørdalen valley which includes what is now Meråker Municipality and the eastern part of Stjørdal Municipality, both in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Hegra where the Hegra Church is located.