Verdal
Overview
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...
county
Counties of Norway
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is part of the Innherad
Innherad
Innherred or Innherad is a traditional district in Nord-Trøndelag county in the central part of Norway. It consists of the areas around the inner part of the Trondheimsfjord including the municipalities of Levanger, Frosta, Steinkjer, Verdal, Inderøy, Mosvik, and Verran. Sometimes the...
region
Districts of Norway
The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords,...
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra
Verdalsøra
Verdalsøra is a town in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is the administrative center of the municipality. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Verdalselva...
. Other villages in the municipality include Forbregd
Forbregd
Forbregd is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about northeast of the municipal center of Verdalsøra and about northwest of Stiklestad, along the southern shore of Leksdalsvatnet. Statistics Norway classifies Forbregd together with the...
/Lein
Lein, Norway
Lein is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about northeast of the municipal center of Verdalsøra and about northwest of Stiklestad, along the southern shore of Leksdalsvatnet. Statistics Norway classifies Lein together with the neighboring...
, Lysthaugen
Lysthaugen, Verdal
Lysthaugen is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the southern side of the river Verdalselva, about east of the municipal center of Verdalsøra and about southwest of Vuku. The village has a population of 331. This it a population...
, Stiklestad
Stiklestad
Stiklestad is a village and parish in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located east of the municipal center of Verdalsøra and about southeast of Forbregd/Lein. The village is mainly known as the site of the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030...
, Trones
Trones, Verdal
Trones is a headland in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about north of the town of Verdalsøra, along the coast of the Trondheimsfjord. The villages of Nordskaget and Sørskaget are located on the headland, and they are combined together under the name...
, Vera
Vera, Norway
Vera is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the lake Veresvatnet, about west of the hborder with Sweden, about south of the edge of Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park, and about east of the village of Vuku...
, Vinne
Vinne, Norway
Vinne is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located just south of the Verdalselva river, about southeast of the municipal center of Verdalsøra and about the same distance to the west of Lysthaugen. Vinne is also a parish covering the southern part of...
, and Vuku
Vuku
Vuku is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the confluence of the Helgåa and Inna rivers where they become the Verdalselva river. The village is about west of Vera and about east of the municipal center of Verdalsøra. The village has a...
.
The municipality of Værdalen was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...
). It is one of very few municipalities in Norway with unchanged borders since that date, although the spelling of the name was modified to Verdal.
The Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
form of the name was Veradalr (from the word Verardalr).
