Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag County
Sør-Trøndelag fylke | |
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Isle Bruholmen with parts of Austrått and Rusaset by the mid-2000s | |
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Sør-Trøndelag within Norway | |
| Coordinates: 63°10′N 10°20′E / 63.167°N 10.333°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Trøndelag |
| Established | 1804 |
| • Preceded by | Trondheims amt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2018 |
| • Succeeded by | Trøndelag county |
| Administrative centre | Trondheim |
| Government | |
| • Body | Sør-Trøndelag County Municipality |
| • Governor (2015-2017) | Brit Skjelbred |
| • County mayor | Tore O. Sandvik (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 18,848 km2 (7,277 sq mi) |
| • Land | 17,830 km2 (6,880 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,018 km2 (393 sq mi) 5.4% |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 317,363 |
| • Rank | #5 in Norway |
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +5.8% |
| Demonym | Sørtrønder |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-16 |
| Income (per capita) | 139,200 kr (2001) |
| GDP (per capita) | 243,281 kr (2001) |
| GDP national rank | #5 in Norway (4.23% of country) |
Sør-Trøndelag (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsø̂ːˌtrœndəlɑːɡ] ⓘ; lit. 'South Trøndelag') was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag (lit. 'North Trøndelag') county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean), and to the east is Jämtland in Sweden. The county was separated into a northern and southern part by the Trondheimsfjorden. Slightly over 200,000 of the county's population (or around 55%) lives in the city of Trondheim and its suburbs. The Norwegian dialect of the region is Trøndersk.
The region was divided into two administrative counties in 1804. In 2016, the two county councils voted to merge into a single county, which became effective 1 January 2018.