Stjørdal

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the municipality of Stjørdal
Stjørdal (Norway)
Stjørdal
Stjørdal
Basic data
Commune number : 5035
Province  (county) : Trøndelag
Administrative headquarters: Stjørdalshalsen
Coordinates : 63 ° 28 '  N , 10 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 28 '  N , 10 ° 55'  E
Surface: 938.27 km²
Residents: 24,145  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 26 inhabitants per km²
Language form : neutral
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traffic
Railway connection: Nordlandsbanen
Next international airport : Trondheim Airport
politics
Mayor : Ivar Vigdenes  ( Sp ) (2013)
Location in the province of Trøndelag
Location of the municipality in the Trøndelag province

Audio file / audio sample Stjørdal ? / i is amunicipalityin theprovince of Trøndelag,Norway. It was formed in 1962 from the former municipalities of Stjørdalshalsen,Skatval, Hegra and Lånke. On June 1, 1997, the municipality received city rights. Trondheim Airportis located on its territory, and it ranks third in terms of flight movements in Norway.

geography

Stjørdal: port and city
Reindeer carvings in Stjørdal

The city is located at the mouth of the river Stjørdalselva , the valley of which extends from there eastwards to Sweden , into the Trondheimfjord and the Stjørdalsfjord .

The name Stjørdal also refers to the valley, but in Norwegian with an attached article as Stjørdalen .

Stjørdalen between Hegra and Meråker

history

There are several places with rock carvings . A settlement focus was already here in the Viking times .

Stjørdal also includes the island of Steinvikholmen in the Åsenfjord with the remains of the Steinvikholmen fortress, built in 1530 and built by the last Archbishop of Nidaros, Olav Engelbrektsson .

The fortress of Hegra is also located in the municipality. It was built between 1907 and 1910 against a possible attack by Sweden after the union with Sweden was dissolved in 1905. In 1940, 200 Norwegian soldiers fought there against German troops for 23 days . Since the fortress was oriented towards Sweden and thus to the east, it was only of limited use against a German attack from the west. Nevertheless, the fortress was never conquered militarily and is still a symbol of the Norwegian resistance in World War II .

Stjørdal used to belong to Stjórdælafylki and thus in the old thing district of Frostathing .

Personalities

Web links

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Individual evidence

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