Fillan Municipality
Fillan Municipality
Fillan herred | |
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Map of the island of Hitra with the old municipal boundaries (originally Fillan also included Sandstad) | |
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Fillan within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°36′23″N 8°58′11″E / 63.6063°N 08.9696°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Fosen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1886 |
| • Preceded by | Hitra Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Hitra Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Fillan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1948–1963) | Arne Schanche Nilsen (Bp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 113.40 km2 (43.78 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #496 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 216 m (709 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,786 |
| • Rank | #478 in Norway |
| • Density | 15.7/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +0.3% |
| Demonym | Fillværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1616 |
Fillan is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 113-square-kilometre (44 sq mi) municipality existed from 1886 until its dissolution in 1964. It is now part of Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county. The municipality included the northeastern part of the island of Hitra surrounding the Fillfjorden, plus about 100 islands, islets, and skerries—including Fjellværsøya and Ulvøya. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Fillan. Other villages in the municipality included Ansnes, Nordbotn, and Ulvan.
Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 113-square-kilometre (44 sq mi) municipality was the 496th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Fillan Municipality was the 478th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,786. The municipality's population density was 15.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (41/sq mi) and its population had increased by 0.3% over the previous 10-year period.
The former municipality had a church and a chapel in it, both of which now form a parish within the present-day Hitra Municipality. Fillan Church is located in the village of Fillan and Nordbotn Chapel on the island of Fjellværsøya.