Soknedal is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 440-square-kilometre (170 sq mi) municipality existed from 1841 until its dissolution in 1964. It is located in the western part of what is now the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Trøndelag county. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Soknedal, where the Soknedal Church is located. The municipality was named after the Soknedal valley in which it is located. The valley is named after the river Sokna which runs through the valley.[2]

Soknedal herred
Former municipality
View of the local church
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Soknedal within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 62.9510°N 10.1881°E / 62.9510; 10.1881
Country	Norway
County	Sør-Trøndelag
District	Gauldalen
Established	1841
• Preceded by	Støren Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Midtre Gauldal Municipality
Administrative centre	Soknedal
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	440 km2 (170 sq mi)
Population  (1964)
• Total	1,916
• Density	4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Sokndaling[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1649
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Soknedal was established in 1841 when the old municipality of Støren was split into three separate municipalities: Horg (in the north), Støren (in the central part), and Soknedal (in the southwest). Initially, Soknedal had 1,966 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Budal (population: 529), Singsås (population: 1,554), Soknedal (population: 1,916), and Støren (population: 2,296) were all merged to form the new municipality of Midtre Gauldal.[3]

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References