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33-467: The 366-square-kilometre (141 sq mi) municipality is the 246th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Inderøy is the 146th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,841. The municipality's population density is 19.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (51/sq mi) and its population has increased by 2.2% over the previous 10-year period. Inderøy was established as

66-416: A distillery that sell locally produced foods and beverages, as well as artist workshops and a fishing centre. Formannskapsdistrikt Formannskapsdistrikt ( Urban East Norwegian: [ˈfɔ̂rmɑnskɑːpsdɪˌstrɪkt] ) is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by

99-416: A lading place or a market town prior to export. This incentive ensured that local trading went through local merchants, a technique which was so effective in limiting smuggling that customs revenues increased from less than 30% of the total tax revenues in 1600 to more than 50% of the total taxes by 1700. During the last half of the 20th century, the distinction between the different types of municipalities

132-530: A lot of people work in the neighboring municipalities of Levanger , Steinkjer , and Verdal —Inderøy being a suburb of those. Inderøy is located on two peninsulas ( Fosen and Inderøya ) in the inner sections of the Trondheimsfjord , bordering the municipalities of Indre Fosen , Levanger , Steinkjer , Verdal , and Verran . The Skarnsund strait lies between the Inderøy and Mosvik peninsulas in

165-601: A municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1907, the municipality was divided into three municipalities: Røra (population: 866) in the southeast, Hustad (population: 732) in the north, and Inderøy (population: 2,976) in the west. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee . On 1 January 1962, the three neighboring municipalities of Røra (population: 1,003), Sandvollan (population: 750), and Inderøy (population: 3,194) to form

198-400: A new, larger municipality of Inderøy. On 1 January 2012, the neighboring municipality of Mosvik was merged into Inderøy. This added about 800 more residents to the municipality, bringing the total population to 6,716 people. On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Nord-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county. The municipality (originally the parish ) is named after

231-685: Is a preserved, former parish church of the Church of Norway in Inderøy municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway . It is located in the village of Sakshaug , just west of the municipal centre of Straumen . It is the former main church for the Inderøy parish which is part of the Stiklestad prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Nidaros . The stone church was built in a long church style around

264-448: Is made up of 25 representatives that are elected to four-year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party . The mayors ( Norwegian : ordfører ) of Inderøy: Inderøy is primarily an agricultural area. Most of the municipality is cultivated, with grass and grains being the most common crops, but strawberries are also common. Most farmers also have forests. All dominant industry

297-433: Is oriented around agriculture, with factories producing distillery products ( Sundnes Brenneri ), animal feed, flat bread, jam, and juice ( Røra Fabrikker ), chickens, and other meat products. In addition there are numerous farms who manufacture their own produce and sell it on the farm. There are also a number of service institutions in Inderøy, including stores, public services, and schools (including Utøy School ). Quite

330-409: Is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, welfare and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality

363-427: Is the oldest part of the building, being built around 1150. The nave was constructed over the next couple of decades. At the end of the 18th century, an inscription was found in the building that stated that the church was consecrated in 1184 by Eysteinn Erlendsson , Archbishop of the Diocese of Nidaros . The choir was modernized with Gothic details in the early 1200s. The walls are built of limestone. Around

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396-734: Is under the jurisdiction of the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal . The administrative centre of Inderøy is Straumen where most of the commercial services are based. Municipal services are located about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the north, at Sakshaug . There are several boroughs in Inderøy: Kjerknesvågen , Mosvik , Røra , Sandvollan , Sakshaug , and Utøy . Each has its own primary school and community centre. The municipal council ( Kommunestyre ) of Inderøy

429-526: The Inderøya peninsula ( Old Norse : Eynni iðri ) since the parish included the whole peninsula. The first element is the definite singular version of the dative case of the word ey which means "island". The last element is iðri which means "inner". The name therefore meant "the inner island", referring to the peninsula which sticks out into the fjord (to contrast with the neighboring Ytterøya island which means "the outer island"). Historically,

462-799: The Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837. The formannskaps law, which fulfilled an express requirement of the Constitution of Norway , required that every parish ( Norwegian : prestegjeld ) form a formannsskapsdistrikt (municipality) on 1 January 1838. In this way, the parishes of the state Church of Norway became worldly, administrative districts as well. (Although some parishes were divided into two or three municipalities.) In total, 396 formannsskapsdistrikts were created under this law, and different types of formannskapsdistrikts were created, also: The introduction of self government in rural districts

495-418: The charge is four European plaice (a type of flat fish) one over two over one. The fish design has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. This fish design was chosen to symbolize how this type of fish was once plentiful and was one of the main sources of income for the area until around 1940. The arms were designed by Nils Aas. In 2012,

528-470: The arms were re-approved after the merger of Inderøy and Mosvik Municipality . The old arms of Inderøy were chosen to continue for the new, larger municipality since fishing is still important to the culture and history of the new municipality. The four fish shown on the arms are now said to represent the four original municipalities that now make up Inderøy: Inderøy, Mosvik , Røra , and Sandvollan . The Church of Norway has four parishes ( sokn ) within

561-600: The center of the municipality, and it connects the main Trondheimsfjord with the inner Beitstadfjord. The lake Meltingvatnet lies along the Leksvik border in southern Inderøy. The Nordland Line runs through Røra , and Røra Station is served hourly or more often by the Trøndelag Commuter Rail . European route E6 also runs through Røra. It connects to Norwegian National Road 755 that runs through Sakshaug and onwards to Utøy and Mosvik . At Straumen,

594-490: The county's music service is also located in Straumen. Quite a number of local activities are oriented around culture, including the annual jazz festival Soddjazz . There is also a gallery, Nils Aas Kunstverksted and numerous small artist workshops. The newspaper Inderøyningen is published in Straumen and covers the municipality. Most tourist attractions are connected to The Golden Detour. Among these are local farms and

627-419: The land registration law superseded the formannsskapsdistrikt by introduction of a new designation, the municipality ( Norwegian : herred ). Two forms of municipality were created: "rural municipality" and "city" (or " market town "). Each district was to elect a body of selectmen of no less than 12 and no more than 48 members. This body selected a quarter of their members as a committee, which together with

660-419: The local magistrate, established taxes to be levied and improvements to be performed in the district. The local chairman also represented the municipality at the county level. Almost one century later in 1936, a local self-government district law was enacted which created 682 rural municipalities ( landkommuner ) and 65 city municipalities ( bykommuner ) in Norway. Among the city municipalities, 43 had

693-651: The municipality of Inderøy. It is part of the Nord-Innherad prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Nidaros . During the Middle Ages Inderøy was called Eynni iðri , meaning the inner island, which is still the meaning of the word Inderøy. Saurshaug (now Sakshaug ) was an important political centre until the 20th century. In the Middle Ages it was the centre of the county Øynafylket , also including Beitstad and Verran . The Old Sakshaug Church

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726-412: The name of the municipality was spelled Inderøen . On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Inderøy . The coat of arms was granted on 5 October 1984. The official blazon is " Gules , four flatfishes Or , one over two over one" ( Norwegian : I rødt fire opprette gull flyndrer, 1-2-1 ). This means the arms have a red field (background) and

759-552: The road crosses the preserved Straumen Bridge and on the Inderøy–Mosvik border where it crosses the Skarnsund Bridge . National Road 761 runs from Sakshaug north through Sandvollan before intersecting with E6 south of Steinkjer . There is a limited bus service provided by TrønderBilene . There are a number of cultural activities in Inderøy. The Inderøy Upper Secondary School has a music, dance, and drama line, and

792-523: The status of market town ( kjøpstad ) and 22 were recognized harbors for export/import ( ladested ). Norway included a subordinate category to the market town, the "small seaport" ( lossested or ladested ), which was a port or harbor with a monopoly to import and export goods and materials in both the port and for a surrounding outlying district. Typically, these were locations for exporting timber and importing grain and goods. Local farm goods and timber sales were all required to pass through merchants at either

825-399: The year 1184 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect . The church seats about 200 people. The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1433, but the church was not built that year. The stone church was likely constructed over a period of time stretching from about 1150 to 1180. The medieval church is one of the oldest churches in Trøndelag . The choir

858-468: The year 1400, supporting walls were built on the south side. It is Romanesque in design and has rounded portals to the south, west and north. The arch of the north gate is decorated with chevrons . The choir area is early Gothic in design. Around 1440, a sacristy was built. The church once had a west tower, but it had to be demolished during the Middle Ages. The pulpit is of wood and from 1646 and

891-440: Was a major political change. The Norwegian farm culture ( bondekultur ) that emerged came to serve as a symbol of nationalistic resistance to the forced union with Sweden . The legislation of 1837 gave both the towns and the rural areas the same institutions: a minor change for the town, but a major advance for the rural communities. The significance of this legislation is hailed by a nationalistic historian, Ernst Sars : In 1853,

924-472: Was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway . This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year. In 1870-1871, a new Sakshaug Church

957-583: Was built about 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the southeast of the old church. After the new church was completed, the old church was closed. The wood roof, tower, decor, and other woodwork were removed and sold. The only parts of the building that remained were the stone walls. The ownership of the church was transferred to the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments in 1873. The church ruins sat for years without anything being done, but in

990-637: Was carved by Trøndelag-based artist and craftsman Johan Johansen and painted by Johan Hanssønn. The baroque altarpiece dates back to 1692. It has been suggested that the carving of a woman in the church is one of three alleged examples of sheela na gig in Norway, the others being at Trondheim and Stiklestad ; but the Sakshaug carving is "somewhat suspect as it appears to be more of a pine cone than sheela na gig." In 1814, this church served as an election church ( Norwegian : valgkirke ). Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it

1023-549: Was decreased, and in 1992, legislation eliminated all distinctions. Now, all municipalities ( Norwegian : kommuner ) are simply municipalities. This is a list of the districts that were initially created on 1 January 1838. The original spellings have been used (many spellings have changed since that time. For a present list of current municipalities, see the List of municipalities of Norway . Old Sakshaug Church Old Sakshaug Church ( Norwegian : Sakshaug gamle kirke )

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1056-471: Was opened by Archbishop Eysteinn Erlendsson in 1184 and was the county church. Many of the construction techniques used in the archbishop's cathedral Nidarosdomen in Trondheim were experimented with on Old Sakshaug Church. Also the village of Sandvollan has a church from the Middle Ages, Hustad Church . During the late Middle Ages and until the breakup of the union between Sweden and Norway Inderøy

1089-455: Was the seat of the Governor, Judge, and Tax Collector of Nordre Trondhjems amt , thus it was the county capital of the old Nord-Trøndelag county. The district court for the north central part of Trøndelag county is still named after Inderøy. The city was first described by a Norwegian poet, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje , in 1860 who depicted its panorama from Rolsbakken. Inderøy Municipality

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