Stadsbygd Municipality

Stadsbygd Municipality
Stadsbygd herred
Stadsbygden herred  (historic name)
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Stadsbygd within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°30′34″N 10°01′09″E / 63.50944°N 10.01917°E / 63.50944; 10.01917
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictFosen
Established1 Jan 1838
  Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
  Succeeded byRissa Municipality and Agdenes Municipality
Administrative centreStadsbygd
Government
  Mayor (1962–1963)Arne Holten (V)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
  Total
137.1 km2 (52.9 sq mi)
  Rank#452 in Norway
Population
 (1963)
  Total
1,818
  Rank#472 in Norway
  Density13.3/km2 (34/sq mi)
  Change (10 years)
 −8%
DemonymStadværing
Official language
  Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1625

Stadsbygd is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The 137-square-kilometre (53 sq mi) municipality existed on the southern part of the Fosen peninsula, along the Trondheimsfjorden in what is now Indre Fosen Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Stadsbygd, just north of the Stadsbygd Church.

Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 137-square-kilometre (53 sq mi) municipality was the 452nd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Stadsbygd Municipality was the 472nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,818. The municipality's population density was 13.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (34/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 8% over the previous 10-year period.