Åsen Municipality
Åsen Municipality
Åsen herad | |
|---|---|
| Aasen herad (historic name) | |
The area surrounding the village of Åsen | |
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Åsen within Nord-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°36′29″N 11°03′06″E / 63.60806°N 11.05167°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nord-Trøndelag |
| District | Innherred |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1962 |
| • Succeeded by | Levanger Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Åsen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1960–1961) | Fridtjov Mo (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 140.4 km2 (54.2 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #455 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 516 m (1,693 ft) |
| Population (1961) | |
• Total | 1,931 |
| • Rank | #468 in Norway |
| • Density | 13.8/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −5.2% |
| Demonym | Åsbygg |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1716 |
Åsen is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 140-square-kilometre (54 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was located to the southwestern part of what is now Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, roughly bordered in the north by the lakes Hammervatnet and Hoklingen, and by the Åsenfjorden to the west. The administrative centre was the village of Åsen.
Prior to its dissolution in 1962, the 140.4-square-kilometre (54.2 sq mi) municipality was the 455th largest by area out of the 731 municipalities in Norway. Åsen Municipality was the 468th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,931. The municipality's population density was 13.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (36/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 5.2% over the previous 10-year period.