Skogn Municipality
Skogn kommune | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Rundt_Skogn_stasjon_(f%C3%B8r_1920)_(26956199481).jpg) View of the area around the Skogn Station (c. 1920) | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Norway_Counties_Nord-Tr%C3%B8ndelag_Position.svg) Nord-Trøndelag within Norway | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:NO_1719_Skogn.svg) Skogn within Nord-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°42′03″N 11°11′12″E / 63.70083°N 11.18667°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Nord-Trøndelag |
| District | Innherred |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1962 |
| • Succeeded by | Levanger Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Skogn |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 340 km2 (130 sq mi) |
| Population (1962) | |
| • Total | 4,756 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Skogning[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1719[2] |
Skogn is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 340-square-kilometre (130 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was located to the south and southwest of the town of Levanger in what is now Levanger municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Skogn.[3]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (26 March 2018). "Skogn – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 March 2018.