Malm is the administrative centre of the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway . The village of Malm is located along the Breistadsundet strait which flows into the Trondheimsfjorden . The village of Bartnes lies across the strait from Malm. The village lies about a 32 kilometres (20 mi) drive northwest of the town of Steinkjer , about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of the village of Follafoss , and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the village of Namdalseid . The Norwegian County Road 720 runs through the village.
6-474: The village of Malm was also the administrative centre of the old municipality of Malm from 1913 until its dissolution in 1964. Malm Church is located in this village and serves as the main church for the parish. The 1.2-square-kilometre (300-acre) village has a population (2018) of 1,268 and a population density of 1,057 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,740/sq mi). Long traditions with mining of iron and sulphur made Malm an industrial centre of
12-495: A gravelly plain or iron ore . Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Malme . On 18 September 1914, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Malm . While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, unemployment , social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads . During its existence, this municipality
18-488: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Malm (municipality) Malm is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway . The 261-square-kilometre (101 sq mi) municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality included the northeastern portion of what is now the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre
24-547: The county. The mining company Fosdalen Bergverk was owned by the state of Norway and some of the profit was spent to build a top modern primary school. The school of Malm was one of three pioneer schools in Norway, which started a 3-year long middle school (junior high school, grades 7-9) in the 1950s. New small industry has been established since the end of the mining period, where steel constructions for offshore vessels and bridges are made. This Trøndelag location article
30-407: The municipality of Malm (population: 2,975) was merged with the neighboring municipality of Verran (population: 1,803), creating a new municipality called Verran . The municipality (originally the parish ) is named after the old Malm farm ( Old Norse : Malmar ) since the first Malm Church was built there. The name is the plural form of malmr which means " ore ", likely referring to
36-490: Was the village of Malm where Malm Church is located. The municipality was established on 1 July 1913 when the western district of the municipality of Beitstad was separated to form the new municipality of Malm. The initial population of Malm was 993 people, which left Beitstad with 1,934. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee . On 1 January 1964,
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