Byneset Municipality
Byneset Municipality
Byneset herred | |
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View of southern Byneset, looking south | |
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Byneset within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°22′34″N 10°08′10″E / 63.37611°N 10.13611°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Trondheim Region |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Trondheim Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Spongdal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1960–1963) | Kristen Løvseth (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 78.5 km2 (30.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #548 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 565 m (1,854 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 2,008 |
| • Rank | #437 in Norway |
| • Density | 25.6/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +4.7% |
| Demonym | Bynesing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1655 |
Byneset is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 78.5-square-kilometre (30.3 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality of Byneset encompassed the western part of what is now Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county. Byneset Municipality was located along an arm of the Trondheimsfjord and it was separated from the city of Trondheim by the Bymarka recreation area. The local Byneset Church is one of the oldest stone churches in Norway. The largest village in Byneset was Spongdal which was the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages included Byneset and Langørjan.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 78.5-square-kilometre (30.3 sq mi) municipality was the 548th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Byneset Municipality was the 437th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,008. The municipality's population density was 25.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (66/sq mi) and its population had increased by 4.7% over the previous 10-year period.