Meråker

	Meråker
	Meråker
Basic data
Commune number :	5034
Province (county) :	Trøndelag
Administrative headquarters:	Meråker
Coordinates :	63 ° 25 ' N , 11 ° 45' E Coordinates: 63 ° 25 ' N , 11 ° 45' E
Surface:	1,273.94 km²
Residents:	2,422 (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	2 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	Bokmål
Postal code :	7530
Website:	http://www.meraker.kommune.no/
politics
Mayor :	Kjersti Kjenes (Meråker Tverrpolitiske Bygdeliste) (2019)
Location in the province of Trøndelag

Meråker is a Norwegian municipality in Trøndelag . It borders Sweden to the east .

The name is derived from the old word for "horse" = merr and åker = "field". In 1850 Stjørdal was divided and Meråker and Hegra became Øvre Stjørdal. On January 1, 1874, the municipality "Øvre Stjørdal" was again divided into Meråker and Hegra, which were initially independent, then on January 1, 1962, Hegra became part of Stjørdal.

Meråker used to be a mining area , as the mine hunt shows in the coat of arms, and is now a climatic health resort.

Sons of the commune

Anton Fridrichsen (1888–1953), theologian
Helge Ingstad (1899–2001), archaeologist
Magnar Lundemo (1938–1987), cross-country skier and track and field athlete
Anne Kathrine Slungård (* 1964), politician

Individual evidence

↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning

[1] Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning