Budal Municipality
Budal Municipality
Budal herred | |
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| Budalen herred (historic name) | |
View of the local church | |
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Budal within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 62°53′06″N 10°29′01″E / 62.88500°N 10.48361°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Gauldalen |
| Established | 1879 |
| • Preceded by | Støren Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Midtre Gauldal Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Enodden |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1960–1963) | Jacob Hindbjørgen (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 334.8 km2 (129.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #260 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,235 m (4,052 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 545 |
| • Rank | #674 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.6/km2 (4/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −7% |
| Demonyms | Budaling Budøl |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1647 |
Budal is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 335-square-kilometre (129 sq mi) municipality existed from 1879 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed the Bua and Ena river valleys in the south-central part of the what is now Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative center of Budal was the village of Enodden where Budal Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 334.8-square-kilometre (129.3 sq mi) municipality was the 260th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Budal Municipality was the 674th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 545. The municipality's population density was 1.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.1/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 7% over the previous 10-year period.