Rissa Municipality
Rissa Municipality
Rissa kommune | |
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| Rissen herred (historic name) | |
View of the harbour at Råkvåg | |
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Rissa within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°39′20″N 10°02′23″E / 63.65556°N 10.03972°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Fosen |
| Established | 1860 |
| • Preceded by | Stadsbygd Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2018 |
| • Succeeded by | Indre Fosen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Årnset |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2017-2017) | Liv Darell (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 621.37 km2 (239.91 sq mi) |
| • Land | 587.85 km2 (226.97 sq mi) |
| • Water | 33.52 km2 (12.94 sq mi) 5.4% |
| • Rank | #179 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 623 m (2,044 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 6,628 |
| • Rank | #158 in Norway |
| • Density | 10.7/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +4.1% |
| Demonym | Rissværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1624 |
Rissa is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway in the Fosen region. The municipality existed from 1860 until its dissolution on 1 January 2018 when it became part of the newly created Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Årnset. Other villages in the municipality included Askjem, Hasselvika, Husbysjøen, Rørvika, Råkvåg, Sørfjorden, and Stadsbygd.
Prior to its dissolution in 2018, the 621-square-kilometre (240 sq mi) municipality was the 179th largest by area out of the then 426 municipalities in Norway. Rissa Municipality was the 158th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,628. The municipality's population density was 11.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (29/sq mi) and its population had increased by 4.1% over the last decade.