Bjørnør Municipality

Bjørnør Municipality
Bjørnør herred
View of the Osenstrømmen
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Bjørnør within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°10′21″N 10°32′15″E / 64.17250°N 10.53750°E / 64.17250; 10.53750
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictFosen
Established1 Jan 1838
  Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 June 1892
  Succeeded byRoan Municipality, Stoksund Municipality, Osen Municipality
Administrative centreRoan
Government
  Mayor (1892-1892)John Hopstad (MV)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
  Total
865 km2 (334 sq mi)
Highest elevation
644.3 m (2,113.8 ft)
Population
 (1892)
  Total
4,766
  Density5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
DemonymBjørnørfolk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1632

Bjørnør is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 865-square-kilometre (334 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1892 in what was at that time the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. It encompassed the area of what is now Osen Municipality and part of Åfjord Municipality, much of the western part of the Fosen peninsula in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Roan where Roan Church is located.

Bjørnør Municipality bordered Aafjord Municipality to the south and Nordre Trondhjem county to the north and west. Prior to its dissolution in 1892, the 865-square-kilometre (334 sq mi) municipality had a population of about 4,766.