Sandvollan Municipality
Sandvollan Municipality
Sandvollan herad | |
|---|---|
| Hustad herad (historic name) | |
View of the Heggstad Church and surrounding area (c. 1936) | |
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Sandvollan within Nord-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°56′47″N 11°19′42″E / 63.94639°N 11.32833°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nord-Trøndelag |
| District | Innherred |
| Established | 1 Jan 1907 |
| • Preceded by | Inderøy Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1962 |
| • Succeeded by | Inderøy Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Sandvollan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1960–1961) | Andreas Nygård (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 27.7 km2 (10.7 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #651 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 144 m (472 ft) |
| Population (1961) | |
• Total | 757 |
| • Rank | #684 in Norway |
| • Density | 27.3/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −7.1% |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1728 |
Sandvollan is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 28-square-kilometre (11 sq mi) municipality existed from 1907 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the north part of what is now Inderøy Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre of the municipality was located at Sandvollan, where Hustad Church was located (just southeast of Gangstad. There are two main villages in Sandvollan: Gangstad and Småland. Gangstad has a grocery store. Between the two villages lies Skjelvågen, a harbour that used to be a stop on the steam ship routes.
Prior to its dissolution in 1962, the 28-square-kilometre (11 sq mi) municipality was the 651st largest by area out of the 731 municipalities in Norway. Sandvollan Municipality was the 684th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 757. The municipality's population density was 27.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (71/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 7.1% over the previous 10-year period.
There were two churches in Sandvollan Municipality: the 12th-century Hustad Church and Heggstad Church from 1887. The older church was built for the chieftain of Hustad, Bård Standale, who was sheriff for Eystein Haraldsson around 1150. The newer church was built because the old one had become too small.