Leksvik

Leksvik Municipality
Leksvik kommune
Leksviken herred  (historic name)
View of the village of Leksvik
View of the village of Leksvik
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Leksvik within Nord-Trøndelag
Leksvik within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°39′59″N 10°29′29″E / 63.66639°N 10.49139°E / 63.66639; 10.49139
CountryNorway
CountyNord-Trøndelag
DistrictFosen
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished31 Dec 2017
 • Succeeded byIndre Fosen in 2018
Administrative centreLeksvik
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total430.22 km2 (166.11 sq mi)
 • Land399.70 km2 (154.33 sq mi)
 • Water30.52 km2 (11.78 sq mi)
 • Rank#230/426 in Norway
Population
 (2017)
 • Total3,480
 • Rank#249/426 in Norway
 • Density8.7/km2 (23/sq mi)
Demonymleksværing[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1718[3]

Leksvik is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county (now in Trøndelag county), Norway. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Leksvik. Other villages in Leksvik included Vanvikan, Seter, and Dalbygda. Norwegian County Road 755 is the main road that connected the whole municipality from north to south.

Leksvik as seen from Våttåhaugen. Photo: Christian Nesset

The villages of Leksvik and Vanvikan were the two largest urban areas in Leksvik, notable for their high tech industries which have developed to become advanced and in demand. Areas with agriculture were also widespread, but most of the municipality was covered in forests and mountains where the wildlife ruled with animals such as moose and reindeer. The moose are sometimes seen in the heart of Leksvik and Vanvikan, where modern downtown areas with commercial and residential developments are growing.

The 430-square-kilometre (170 sq mi) municipality was the 220th largest by area out of the then 426 municipalities in Norway at the time of its dissolution. Leksvik was the 249th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,480. The municipality's population density was 8.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (23/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 0.1% over the last decade.[4]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-10-01.

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