Sparbu Municipality
Sparbu Municipality
Sparbu kommune | |
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View of the Vådal area in southern Sparbu | |
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Sparbu within Nord-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°55′08″N 11°25′58″E / 63.91889°N 11.43278°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nord-Trøndelag |
| District | Innherred |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Steinkjer Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Sparbu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1960–1963) | Karl Tørhaug (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 258.8 km2 (99.9 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #317 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 568.6 m (1,865.5 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 3,995 |
| • Rank | #217 in Norway |
| • Density | 15.4/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +7.2% |
| Demonym | Sparbygg |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1731 |
Sparbu is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 259-square-kilometre (100 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed the southwestern part of what is now Steinkjer Municipality, south of the town of Steinkjer, east of the Børgin bay off the Trondheimsfjorden, and southwest of the Ogndalen valley. The administrative centre was the village of Sparbu.
Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 259-square-kilometre (100 sq mi) municipality was the 317th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Sparbu Municipality was the 217th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,995. The municipality's population density was 15.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (40/sq mi) and its population had increased by 7.2% over the previous 10-year period.