Lensvik Municipality
Lensvik Municipality
Lensvik herred | |
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| Lensviken herred (historic name) | |
View of the local church | |
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Lensvik within Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°30′47″N 9°48′31″E / 63.5130°N 09.8087°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Fosen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1905 |
| • Preceded by | Rissa Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Agdenes Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Lensvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1952–1963) | Arne Utnes (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 170.9 km2 (66.0 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #410 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 656.2 m (2,152.9 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,134 |
| • Rank | #593 in Norway |
| • Density | 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +2% |
| Demonym | Lensvikbygg |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1623 |
Lensvik is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 171-square-kilometre (66 sq mi) municipality existed from 1905 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was located along the western shore of the Trondheimsfjorden and it encompassed the central part of what is now Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Lensvik where the Lensvik Church is located.
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 171-square-kilometre (66 sq mi) municipality was the 410th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Lensvik Municipality was the 689th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,134. The municipality's population density was 6.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (17/sq mi) and its population had increased by 2% over the previous 10-year period.