Horg
| Horg herad | |
|---|---|
| Former Municipality | |
  Horg herad Location in Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°08′19″N 10°15′14″E / 63.13861°N 10.25389°ECoordinates: 63°08′19″N 10°15′14″E / 63.13861°N 10.25389°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Trøndelag |
| County | Sør-Trøndelag |
| District | Gauldalen |
| Municipality ID | NO-1650 |
| Adm. Center | Lundamo |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 291 km2 (112 sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Created from | Støren in 1841 |
| Merged into | Melhus in 1964 |
Horg is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Lundamo. Horg encompasses the southern part of the present-day municipality of Melhus on both sides of the Gaula River. The main church for the area was Horg Church.[1]
History
The municipality of Horg was established as a municipality in 1841 when the municipality of Støren was divided into Horg, Støren, and Soknedal. The initial population of the new municipality of Horg was 2,374. On 1 January 1964, Horg was merged with Flå, Hølonda, Melhus, and part of Buvik to form a new, larger municipality of Melhus. Prior to the merger, Horg had a population of 2,560.[2]
Name
The municipality was named after the old Horg farm (Old Norse: hǫrgr), since the first church was built there. The name comes from the word meaning "steep rock", since there is a steep cliff just east of the farm.[3]
References
- 1 2 Store norske leksikon. "Horg" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-03-17.
- ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
- ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 260.