Fosnes Municipality
Fosnes Municipality
Fosnes kommune | |
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View of Seierstad on Jøa island | |
Trøndelag within Norway | |
Fosnes within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 64°41′02″N 11°34′09″E / 64.68389°N 11.56917°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Namdalen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2020 |
| • Succeeded by | Namsos Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Dun |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007-2019) | Bjørg Tingstad (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 544.27 km2 (210.14 sq mi) |
| • Land | 473.43 km2 (182.79 sq mi) |
| • Water | 70.84 km2 (27.35 sq mi) 13% |
| • Rank | #199 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 765 m (2,510 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 605 |
| • Rank | #413 in Norway |
| • Density | 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −11% |
| Demonym | Fosnesbygg |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5048 |
Fosnes is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Namsos Municipality. It was part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Dun on the island of Jøa. Other villages include Salsnes and Nufsfjord.
At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the 544-square-kilometre (210 sq mi) municipality was the 199th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Fosnes was the 413th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 605. The municipality's population density was 1.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.8/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 11% over the last decade.