Egge Municipality
Egge Municipality
Egge herad | |
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Byafossen train station (1951) | |
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway | |
Egge within Nord-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 64°01′23″N 11°28′28″E / 64.02306°N 11.47444°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nord-Trøndelag |
| District | Innherred |
| Established | 1 Jan 1869 |
| • Preceded by | Stod Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Steinkjer Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Egge |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1946–1963) | Karl Dahl (Ap) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 51.3 km2 (19.8 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #587 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 304 m (997 ft) |
| Population (1963) | |
• Total | 3,335 |
| • Rank | #272 in Norway |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +22.7% |
| Demonym | Egge-folk |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1733 |
Egge is a former municipality in what was Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 51-square-kilometre (20 sq mi) municipality existed from 1869 until 1964. It included the land just north of the town of Steinkjer in what is now Steinkjer Municipality in Trøndelag county. The small municipality was south of the lake Snåsavatnet, west of the lake Fossemvatnet, and east of Beitstad Municipality. The main church for the municipality was Egge Church, just north of the town of Steinkjer.
Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 51-square-kilometre (20 sq mi) municipality was the 587th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Egge Municipality was the 272nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,335. The municipality's population density was 65 inhabitants per square kilometre (170/sq mi) and its population had increased by 22.7% over the previous 10-year period.